aviator(n = noun.person) aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer - someone who operates an aircraft;
is a kind of skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker
has particulars: airwoman, aviatress, aviatrix, airplane pilot, pilot, bennett, floyd bennett, bleriot, louis bleriot, cochran, jacqueline cochran, doolittle, james harold doolittle, jimmy doolittle, amelia earhart, earhart, howard hughes, howard robard hughes, hughes, charles a. lindbergh, charles augustus lindbergh, charles lindbergh, lindbergh, lucky lindy, billy mitchell, mitchell, william mitchell, post, wiley post
Derived form verb aviate₁

1.  An experimenter in aviation. [1913 Webster]

2.  A flying machine. [1913 Webster]

3.  The driver or pilot of an aircraft, especially of an airplane. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

aviator, n. (fem. aviatrix) an airman or airwoman.

Etymology:
F aviateur f. L avis bird

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