man-bird
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[edit]Noun
[edit]- (dated, colloquial) A male aviator.
- 1910, Poultney Bigelow, James Henry Worman, Ben James Worman, Outing, volume 55, page 753:
- With each succeeding day's exhibit of man's ingenuity and his ability to cleave the atmosphere unscathed, the clamor on the part of non-aviators to share the flights of the man-birds grew louder.