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flyboy

noun

Etymology

From fly + boy.

  1. derived from *bʰā-✻
  2. derived from *bō-✻ — “brother, close male relation”
  3. inherited from *bōjô✻ — “younger brother, young male relation”
  4. inherited from *bōjō✻
  5. inherited from *bōia✻ — “boy”
  6. inherited from boy//boye — “servant, commoner, knave, boy”
  7. compounded as flyboy — “fly + boy”

Definitions

  1. An aircraft pilot, especially of a military combat aircraft.

    • Big Al was back in town, and Cooper, the happy-go-lucky flyboy who was one of the Original Seven, was squashed.
    • Boom! The flyboys are gonna love us for that!

  2. A man employed to clear the printed copies from the printing press.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA