airwoman

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airwoman - a woman aviator

aviatress, aviatrix

aeronaut, airman, aviator, flier, flyer - someone who operates an aircraft

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airwoman

[ˈɛəˌwʊmən] N (airwomen (pl)) → aviadora f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

airwoman

[ˈɛə^rwʊmən] n → aviatrice f

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I want him to say my mum's an airwoman - she serves our country."

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In the Middle East, Powys airwoman Sergeant Cath Jones was one of more than 100 servicemen and women who held a sunset ceremony last night to pay their respects.

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Her mother, a pioneering airwoman, was killed when her plane crashed at Nairobi airfield when she was three.

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A WEST Bromwich airwoman is flying high after winning a Best Recruit award with the RAF.

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He spoke to a soldier and an airwoman from Shropshire - Lance Corporal Scott Bloomer, serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps; and Flight Lieutenant Sarah Harrison, of the RAF.

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"One instructor told me that I would have no trouble passing most of the written exam for a pilot's license," emphasizes one former airwoman.