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airman

noun

ˈer-mən

Definition of airman

as in pilot

one who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft her father was an airman who was shot down in Vietnam

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Recent Examples of airman The family confirmed the release of Luis Manuel Aviles in a statement posted on social media by his son Joshua Aviles, a Navy handling airman. — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2026 Parton autographed the artwork and performed several songs for airmen and their families at the event. — Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026 Rosenwald family resources helped provide the facilities that made possible the accomplishments of the Tuskegee airmen, and supported NAACP legal efforts that ultimately overturned school segregation. — Harold Pollack, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026 Save for Snoopy, the military airman in literature is perhaps most famously personified by John Yossarian in Joseph Heller’s Catch‑22, a book Zinn would someday count among his favorites. — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for airman

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In a small pilot study of human-AI relationships in China, for example, people’s attachment towards AI barely matched their attachment towards real people.

— Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026
The attorney general of the UAE, Hamad Saif Al Shamsi, said the co-pilot on board the flight had attempted to seize control of the plane by attacking his colleague with a crash ax – a piece of equipment required on most aircraft.

— Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

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In 1941, the aviator Charles Lindbergh may still have been praising Hitler’s air power and railing against undue Jewish influence.

— Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Meanwhile, the fringe fell in line with the top rim of her aviator shades, leaving little space for her forehead to show.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026

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