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box men

box men is the plural of box man.

Meaning of box man

Noun

box man (plural box men)

  1. The pilot flying behind the leader in a box formation.
    • […] there have been an uncomfortably large number of incidents where a leader has flown his whole team into the ground. […] It had happened in the Luftwaffe with an F104 team, and many years later I saw it happen to the box man in the French Fouga Magister team at the Paris Air Show.2010, Tony Doyle, Flying at the Edge

Questions about box men

What is box men the plural of?
Box men is the plural of box man.

Words near box men in the dictionary

  1. box lunch
  2. box lunches
  3. box man
  4. box meal
  5. box meals
  6. box men
  7. box model
  8. box models
  9. box money
  10. box moneys
  11. box nasties

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