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
Enemy forces had moved within two miles of the airman's position.
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Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Cargo planes flew in three small helicopters and assembled them near the patch of mountains where the missing airman was concealing himself inside a cave or crevice.
—Jonathan J. Cooper, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
The president also threatened to jail journalists at the media outlet that first reported a second airman was missing — which the government had hoped to keep secret.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 7 Apr. 2026
Several outlets reported on the lost airman, who was subsequently rescued after his fighter jet was shot down.
—Scott Nover, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2026
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Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Cargo planes flew in three small helicopters and assembled them near the patch of mountains where the missing airman was concealing himself inside a cave or crevice.
—Jonathan J. Cooper, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
The president also threatened to jail journalists at the media outlet that first reported a second airman was missing — which the government had hoped to keep secret.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 7 Apr. 2026
Several outlets reported on the lost airman, who was subsequently rescued after his fighter jet was shot down.
—Scott Nover, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airman
Noun
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Igbokwe, who is NBCUniversal‘s chairman of Television Studios, NBC Entertainment and Peacock scripted, discusses the return of the pilot process at NBC, the importance of multigenerational co-viewing and harnessing the power of broadcast and streaming platforms.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2026
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Second, when a plane crashes, the pilots die too.—
Joe Kiani,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Axiom Space’s Director of Human Spaceflight and former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is the mission commander with aviator John Shoffner as pilot and two mission specialist seats paid for by the Saudi Space Commission, Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali AlQarni.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2026
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O’Hare was the first naval aviator recipient of the Medal of Honor.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Airman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airman. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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