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
Hegseth complained that the media hadn’t focused on such aspects of the war as the rescue missions to save two airmen whose plane was shot down in Iran, even though that story was covered extensively.
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
His airman’s certificate will be suspended for a year.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 15 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
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
His airman’s certificate will be suspended for a year.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 15 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airman
Noun
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Jeremy Hansen, selected by the Canadian Space Agency in 2009, is a Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
8 May 2026
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The software then guides the aircraft in the same way a pilot would operate the drone using manual controls.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 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,
28 Apr. 2026
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His grandfather was a naval aviator, and his uncle served in the Navy as well.—
Ross Guidotti,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Airman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airman. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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