AIRMAN


Meaning of AIRMAN in English

/air"meuhn/ , n. , pl. airmen .

1. an aviator.

2. U.S. Air Force. an enlisted person of one of the three lowest ranks (airman basic, airman, airman first class) .

3. a member of a military aircrew.

4. (in other countries) an enlisted person in the air force.

[ 1870-75, for an earlier sense; AIR 1 + -MAN, on the model of SEAMAN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .