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airman

[ air-muhn ]

noun

plural airmen.
  1. an aviator.
  2. U.S. Air Force. an enlisted person of one of the three lowest ranks airmanbasic, airman, airmanfirstclass. : Amn
  3. a member of a military aircrew.
  4. (in other countries) an enlisted person in the air force.


airman

/ ˈɛə³¾É™²Ô /

noun

  1. an aviator, esp a man who serves in his country's air force
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Derived Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of airman1

1870–75, for an earlier sense; air 1 + -man, on the model of seaman
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They left a sticky mess over the airmen, their instruments and the cockpit's canopy.

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“Everyone at the Defense Department loves Jackie Robinson, as well as the Navajo Code Talkers, the Tuskegee airmen, the Marines at Iwo Jima and so many others,†Ullyot stated.

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They also told the life stories of members of the Tuskegee Airmen, the country's first black military airmen.

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Some 24 Canadian and American airmen were killed after an aircraft collided with a flock of geese.

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Meanwhile, prosecutors argued for a longer prison term, saying that the airman had "perpetrated one of the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history".

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