airman

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Airman \Air"man\, n.
   1. A man who ascends or flies in an aircraft; an aviator; an
      airplane pilot.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. an enlisted man in the air force; there are several
      grades.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "airman":
      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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