flyer

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Variant of flier.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. See flier.

Wiktionary

1. n. A machine that flies.
2. n. Someone who pilots or rides in an airplane.
3. n. A leaflet, often for advertising.
4. n. The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to, and winds it on the bobbin
5. n. architecture An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.
6. n. cheerleading A cheerleader who is airborne for a stunt.
7. n. firearms a stray shot away from the group on a target.
8. v. intransitive To distribute flyers (leaflets).
9. v. transitive To distribute flyers in (a location) or to (recipients).

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. One that uses wings.
2. n. The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6.
3. n. Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a theatrical programme, an advertising leaf, etc.
4. n. (Arch.) One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder.
5. n. The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; -- so called from their swift revolution. See Fly, n., 11.
6. n. The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers.
7. n. (Stock Jobbing), Cant A small operation not involving ? considerable part of one's capital, or not in the line of one's ordinary business; a venture.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. someone who operates an aircraft
2. n. an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
3. n. someone who travels by air