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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Leaders can look to public-private partnerships and scalable pilot projects to address these issues.—
Nadezhda Kosareva,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Currently 15 different states have sanctioned girls flag football as a high school varsity sport and 17 – Connecticut included – have started pilot programs.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
31 May 2025
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“Aviator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aviator. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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