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
It was launched in 1938 as a precision timekeeping instrument for gloved airmen – hence the oversized crown and the pointer date function.
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Carol Besler, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Standing alongside armored Humvees, the unarmed soldiers and airman could be seen posing for pictures with tourists and talking with children.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2025
Since then, soldiers and airmen along with smaller contingents from the Navy and Marine Corps have called the base home.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Modern citizen-soldiers and airmen must be agile and flexible, as demonstrated by our Guard members responding to missions both at home and abroad.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
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Carol Besler, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Standing alongside armored Humvees, the unarmed soldiers and airman could be seen posing for pictures with tourists and talking with children.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2025
Since then, soldiers and airmen along with smaller contingents from the Navy and Marine Corps have called the base home.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Modern citizen-soldiers and airmen must be agile and flexible, as demonstrated by our Guard members responding to missions both at home and abroad.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airman
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After one day of streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+, the episode garnered 51% more views than the pilot episode did on its first day.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
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Freeland, a trim fifty-four-year-old who served as a pilot in the Marines, said that the Osprey attracted disproportionate criticism because of its novel tilt-rotor technology, and that many helicopters crashed just as often, if not more, when they were first introduced.—
Seth Harp,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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These moments aren’t staged—they’re glimpses into the culture of young aviators living life on the edge of discipline and rebellion.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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So the personalities are different but the core motivations and attributes are there for all naval aviators.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Airman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airman. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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