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wingmanship

noun

Etymology

From wingman + -ship; in the flight sense, coined in imitation of horsemanship.

  1. derived from *h₂weh₁-✻ — “to blow”
  2. derived from *wēingijaz✻
  3. derived from vængr
  4. inherited from winge
  5. suffixed as wingman — “wing + man”
  6. suffixed as wingmanship — “wingman + ship”

Definitions

  1. Power or skill in flying.

    • 1867', George Campbell, The Reign of Law To stand still in the air is not indeed impossible to a flying Bird, for reasons to be presently explained, but it is one of the most difficult feats of wingmanship

  2. Friendship in the form of being a wingman.

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