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man-bird

man-bird noun: a male aviator.

Noun

man-bird (plural man-birds)

  1. (colloquial, dated) A male aviator.
    • With each succeeding day's exhibit of man's ingenuity and his ability to cleave the atmosphere unscathed, the clamor on the part of non-aviators to share the flights of the man-birds grew louder.1910, Poultney Bigelow, James Henry Worman, Ben James Worman, Outing, volume 55, page 753

Forms of man-bird

pluralman-birds
alternative formmanbird

Questions about man-bird

What does man-bird mean?
Man-bird means a male aviator.
What part of speech is man-bird?
Man-bird is a noun.
What is the plural of man-bird?
The plural of man-bird is man-birds.

Words near man-bird in the dictionary

  1. man-arm
  2. man-arms
  3. man-at-arms
  4. man-bag
  5. man-bags
  6. man-bird
  7. man-birds
  8. man-boob
  9. man-boobs
  10. man-bot
  11. man-bots

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