aeronaut

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

aeronaut
    n 1: someone who operates an aircraft [syn: {aviator},
         {aeronaut}, {airman}, {flier}, {flyer}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Aeronaut \A"["e]r*o*naut\ (?; 277), n. [F. a['e]ronaute, fr. Gr.
   ? air + ? sailor. See {Nautical}.]
   An a["e]rial navigator; a balloonist.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "aeronaut":
      aeroplaner, aeroplanist, air pilot, airplanist, astronaut, aviator,
      barnstormer, birdman, captain, cloud seeder, commercial pilot,
      copilot, crop-duster, flier, instructor, jet jockey,
      licensed pilot, pilot, rainmaker, stunt flier, stunt man,
      test pilot, wingman

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