/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 ]