Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force.
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- noun A member of the lowest
rank in theRoyal Air Force or theair forces of various otherCommonwealth countries.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the center of the field, with rifle to shoulder and aircraftman to load for him, the two men stood “as calmly as if they were on the grouse moors, while the 109s fairly plastered the place”—Wisdom, Wings Over Olympus, p.
Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010
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He half led, half carried her there, where an aircraftman was just heaving the second last parachute and container through the doorway.
Where Eagles Dare MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1967
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'If you fly us into the side of the Weissspitze,' Carpenter said threateningly, 'I'll have you reduced to aircraftman.
Where Eagles Dare MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1967
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When the war came, he joined the RAF as an aircraftman and served in the Western Desert before going to pilot training in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
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