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aviatrix

UK/ˈeɪ.vi.eɪ.tɹɪks/

aviatrix noun: a female aviator.

Noun

aviatrix (plural aviatrices or aviatrixes)

  1. (dated) A female aviator.
    • “... — Did you know that she was an aviatrix?” he interjected.1969, William Dana Orcutt, Celebrities Off Parade: Pen-and-ink Portrait Sketches, →ISBN, page 111
    • The Women Flyers: From Aviatrix to Astronaut1987, Pat Browne, Heroines of Popular Culture, →ISBN, page 54
    Synonyms:
    aviatress, aviatrice, pilotess

aviatrix meaning in Arabic

aviatrix in Arabic

Translations
طّيَّارَة, طَائِرَة ṭāʔira

Examples of aviatrix in a sentence

  • Hariet Quimby, a writer for Leslie's Weekly, in 1911 became the first American aviatrix and won international accalim in 1912 as the first woman to pilot a plan across the English Channel.2001, Roger E. Bilstein, Flight in America: From the Wrights to the Astronauts, →ISBN, page 22:
  • In 1929 she turned an ide that she ‘stole’ from her son into a screenplay, Wings in the Dark, featuring a protagonist based on Ameria Earhart, the famous aviatrix with whom Shipman was acquainted...2002, Deena Mandrell, Deadbeat Dads: Subjectivity and Social Construction, →ISBN, page 307:

Synonyms of aviatrix

Forms of aviatrix

pluralaviatrices
pluralaviatrixes

Origin of aviatrix

From aviator + -trix.

Questions about aviatrix

What does aviatrix mean?
Aviatrix means a female aviator.
What is aviatrix in Arabic?
Aviatrix in Arabic is طّيَّارَة, طَائِرَة (ṭāʔira). See Aviatrix meaning in Arabic.
How do you use aviatrix in a sentence?
Hariet Quimby, a writer for Leslie's Weekly, in 1911 became the first American aviatrix and won international accalim in 1912 as the first woman to pilot a plan across the English Channel.
What part of speech is aviatrix?
Aviatrix is a noun.
How do you pronounce aviatrix?
Aviatrix is pronounced /ˈeɪ.vi.eɪ.tɹɪks/ (UK).
What is the plural of aviatrix?
The plural of aviatrix is aviatrices.

Words near aviatrix in the dictionary

  1. aviators
  2. aviatory
  3. aviatress
  4. aviatresses
  5. aviatrices
  6. aviatrix
  7. aviatrixes
  8. avibactam
  9. avibactams
  10. avibirnavirus
  11. avibirnaviruses

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