"wizzo" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wizzos [plural]
Etymology: From the colloquial pronunciation of WSO (“weapon systems officer”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} wizzo (plural wizzos)
  1. (aviation, slang) A weapon systems officer. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Aviation Synonyms: Wizzo

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          "ref": "1993, Andy Evans, Backseat Flyers: Navigation and Weaponry in the Modern Airplane, London: Arms and Armour Press, page 72",
          "text": "These comments on the latest generation of High-Tech-Attack aircraft, the McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle, come front Captain Mark 'Bones' Wetzel, a senior Wizzo and a Flight Commander with the 334FW, the 'Fighting Eagles', part of the recently formed 4th Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina.",
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          "ref": "2018, S. E. Soldwedel, Disintegration, Oakland, C.A.: Inkshares, Inc., page 327",
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          "ref": "2018, S. E. Soldwedel, Disintegration, Oakland, C.A.: Inkshares, Inc., page 327",
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