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airman Definition

air·man (-mən)

noun pl. -·men-mən

  1. an aviator
  2. U.S. Air Force an enlisted person of one of the lowest ranks, below sergeant
  3. U.S. Navy an enlisted person ranking below a petty officer third class, whose general duties are concerned with aircraft

airman Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • commemorate: The memorial was commissioned to commemorate Polish airmen who perished during the conflict.
  • ally: There were also accidents in which 70 allied airmen in total died.
  • escape: Four German airmen escaped in a Canadian Staff car from Crawley Sussex today.
  • kill: The recovery operation was based on Braemar where there is now a memorial to airmen killed in the hills.
  • capture: During the war, the common criminal prisoner was joined by captured German airmen.
  • station: Looking for Johnny Flamingo Anthony Randall didn't know much about his dad, a US airman stationed in England in the Fifties.

Preposition: on

  • line: Simultaneously, soldiers, Marines, sailors and airmen on the front lines will see and exploit opportunities as they occur.
  • service: Will execution & witnessing You must be over 18 to make a Will unless you are a soldier or airman on actual military service.

Adjective modifier

  • allied: This typical wartime Secret Memorandum was intended to safeguard allied airmen descending by parachute over Fife.
  • Polish: The monument to the Polish airmen on the lawn is lovely.
  • brave: The brave airman was a 29 year old Halifax navigator with ' B ' Flight with 298 Squadron whose motto was Silent We Strike!
  • Canadian: A hospital was built in the early part of this century and was used for Canadian airmen during the Second World War.
  • German: Four German airmen escaped in a Canadian Staff car from Crawley Sussex today.
  • American: Early Proposals for a Memorial In 1949 there was a proposal to erect a monument to the American airmen.

Modifies a noun

  • aircrew: Gary lived in north Trafford until he achieved a lifelong ambition by joining the RAF in 1986 as airman aircrew.
  • father: And ' X ' was surprised to learn that he has another link with his Canadian airman father.

Noun used with modifier

  • RAF: Please know that the RAF airmen who serve on all fronts are always in our thoughts.
  • enemy: Cabal helps the enemy airman, who is evidently very badly injured.

Possessives

  • mess: The transit mess was change from the airmen's mess in Egypt.

Preposition: from

  • RAF: Rescue work was undertaken by local territorial units, the police and many local volunteers, aided by squads of airmen from RAF Kinloss.