Someone who operates an aircraft.
synonyms: aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer.
Roget 269:
sailor,
mariner,
navigator;
seaman,
seafarer,
seafaring man;
dock walloper [Slang];
tar,
jack tar,
salt,
able seaman,
A. B.;
man-of-war's man,
bluejacket,
galiongee†,
galionji†,
marine,
jolly,
midshipman,
middy;
skipper;
shipman†,
boatman,
ferryman,
waterman†,
lighterman†,
bargeman,
longshoreman;
bargee†,
gondolier;
oar,
oarsman;
rower;
boatswain,
cockswain†;
coxswain;
steersman,
pilot;
crew.
aerial navigator,
aeronaut,
balloonist,
Icarus;
aeroplanist†,
airman,
aviator,
birdman,
man-bird,
wizard of the air,
aviatrix,
flier,
pilot,
test pilot,
glider pilot,
bush pilot,
navigator,
flight attendant,
steward,
stewardess,
crew;
astronaut,
cosmonaut;
parachutist,
paratrooper.
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Dutch: aviateur, aëronaut, ballonvaarder, luchtvaarder, piloot, vliegenier, vlieger
Polish: aeronauta