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airlifter

airlifter noun: an aircraft that performs airlifts.

airlifter: an aircraft that performs airlifts
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Noun

airlifter (plural airlifters)

  1. An aircraft that performs airlifts.
    • The C-5 entered service in 1970 and is the biggest airlifter in the U.S. inventory.2007, Anthony H. Cordesman, Paul S. Frederiksen, William D. Sullivan, Salvaging American Defense: The Challenge of Strategic Overstretch

Forms of airlifter

pluralairlifters

Origin of airlifter

From airlift + -er.

Questions about airlifter

What does airlifter mean?
Airlifter means an aircraft that performs airlifts.
What part of speech is airlifter?
Airlifter is a noun.
What is the plural of airlifter?
The plural of airlifter is airlifters.

Words near airlifter in the dictionary

  1. airletters
  2. airlier
  3. airliest
  4. airlift
  5. airlifted
  6. airlifter
  7. airlifters
  8. airlifting
  9. airlifts
  10. airlike
  11. airline

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