AIRPLANE PILOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does airplane pilot mean? 

• AIRPLANE PILOT (noun)
  The noun AIRPLANE PILOT has 1 sense:

1. someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight

  Familiarity information: AIRPLANE PILOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AIRPLANE PILOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

airplane pilot; pilot

Hypernyms ("airplane pilot" is a kind of...):

aeronaut; airman; aviator; flier; flyer (someone who operates an aircraft)

Domain category:

aircraft (a vehicle that can fly)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "airplane pilot"):

barnstormer; stunt flier; stunt pilot (a pilot who travels around the country giving exhibits of stunt flying and parachuting)

captain; senior pilot (the pilot in charge of an airship)

combat pilot (airplane pilot who fights in an action between two military forces)

co-pilot; copilot (a relief pilot on an airplane)

kamikaze (a pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash)

test pilot (a pilot hired to fly experimental airplanes through maneuvers designed to test them)

wingman (the pilot who positions his aircraft outside and behind (on the wing of) the leader of a flying formation)