"frequent flyer" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-frequent flier.ogg [Australia] Forms: frequent flyers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} frequent flyer (plural frequent flyers)
  1. A person who flies frequently on commercial airliners. Categories (topical): Aviation, Travel Synonyms: frequent flier [US]
    Sense id: en-frequent_flyer-en-noun-y5IN7R1K Disambiguation of Aviation: 44 8 48 Disambiguation of Travel: 57 5 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 3 27
  2. Someone who is habitually a nuisance.
    Sense id: en-frequent_flyer-en-noun-6bqt0UKM
  3. (medicine, slang, derogatory) A patient who frequents a health facility, with minor or malingering-type presentations. Tags: derogatory, slang Categories (topical): Medicine, Aviation, People
    Sense id: en-frequent_flyer-en-noun-C9sIFpqD Disambiguation of Aviation: 44 8 48 Disambiguation of People: 24 26 50 Topics: medicine, sciences

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