aviatress

/'eivieitris/ Cách viết khác : (aviatrice) /'eivieitris/ (aviatrix) /'eivieitriks/

Thân thiện

A young aviatress climbs into the cockpit of her airplane.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A woman who pilots an aircraft; a female aviator: The word "aviatress" specifically denotes a woman who operates or flies airplanes or other aircraft. It is a gendered term for a pilot.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • She was a celebrated aviatress who broke several long-distance flight records.
  • The early 20th century saw the rise of the aviatress, challenging norms in a male-dominated field.

Advanced Usage

• The term is considered somewhat dated and is less common in modern usage than the gender-neutral "pilot" or "aviator." It carries a historical or formal tone.
  • The biography detailed the life of a pioneering aviatress from the 1920s.

Variants and Related Words

• Aviatrix (n): Another, more common, historical term for a female aviator. It is synonymous with "aviatress."
  • Amelia Earhart is the most famous aviatrix in history.
• Aviator (n): A person who operates an aircraft; a pilot. This is the standard, non-gendered term.
  • The aviator prepared for the transatlantic flight.

Synonyms

• Female pilot: A woman who flies an aircraft.
• Airwoman: A woman who is a member of an air force or who flies aircraft.

Antonyms

• Aviator (when used to implicitly mean a male pilot in historical contexts).

Học thuật

Noun

1. a woman aviator

Từ đồng nghĩa

• aviatrix
• airwoman