as in pilot
one who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft
the solo flight from New York to Paris by the aviator Charles Lindbergh captured the imagination of people around the world
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Recent Examples of aviator
The airfield famously hosted an aeronautical school in the 1940s, when the Army Air Corps relied on the facility to train aviators headed off to fight World War II.
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Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
For McClain, a colonel and Master Army aviator, that means adapting to a new normal of living and working in space.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 18 May 2025
The camp’s fame soon spread, attracting A-list anglers, including British royalty, the aviator Charles Lindbergh, and novelist James Michener.
—Kendall Hill, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2025
But her legacy as an aviator would touch many lives.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
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Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
For McClain, a colonel and Master Army aviator, that means adapting to a new normal of living and working in space.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 18 May 2025
The camp’s fame soon spread, attracting A-list anglers, including British royalty, the aviator Charles Lindbergh, and novelist James Michener.
—Kendall Hill, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2025
But her legacy as an aviator would touch many lives.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aviator
pilot
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These swans have been spotted by pilots at heights of up to 25,000 feet during their transcontinental migrations between Europe and Asia.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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Mustered out from the Great War, veteran pilots — still hooked on the adrenaline rush of aerial combat — reenacted their exploits for the screen in rickety biplanes that seemed to have been stitched together from string and paper mache.—
Thomas Doherty,
HollywoodReporter,
14 June 2025
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“Aviator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aviator. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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