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heliman

heliman noun: a soldier who serves in a helicopter.

Noun (1)

heliman (plural helimen)

  1. (rare) A soldier who serves in a helicopter.
    • A heliman radioed a few days later and reported spotting it.2006, P. F. Potvin, The Attention Lesson
    • "Get in touch with the helimen," he instructed his assistant. "Ask them to help us with a twenty-four flight, at least."2015, Gennadii Ternovskii, The Crimson Beret Who Else but Us?:, page 227

Noun (2)

heliman (plural helimans)

  1. A traditional shield used by Australian Aboriginals.

Forms of heliman

pluralhelimen
pluralhelimans

Origin of heliman

From heli- + -man.

Questions about heliman

What does heliman mean?
Heliman means a soldier who serves in a helicopter.
What part of speech is heliman?
Heliman is a noun.
What is the plural of heliman?
The plural of heliman is helimen.

Words near heliman in the dictionary

  1. helilifts
  2. helimagnet
  3. helimagnetic
  4. helimagnetism
  5. helimagnets
  6. heliman
  7. helimans
  8. helimen
  9. helimerase
  10. helimerases
  11. heling

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