airman

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: air=man

CIDE DICTIONARY

airman, n. 

•  A man who ascends or flies in an aircraft; an aviator; an airplane pilot.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  an enlisted man in the air force; there are several grades.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

airman, n. (pl. -men)
1 a pilot or member of the crew of an aircraft, esp. in an air force.
2 a member of the RAF below commissioned rank.

THESAURUS

airman

aeronaut, aeroplaner, aeroplanist, air pilot, airplanist, astronaut, aviator, barnstormer, birdman, captain, cloud seeder, commercial pilot, copilot, crop-duster, flier, instructor, jet jockey, licensed pilot, pilot, rainmaker, stunt flier, stunt man, test pilot, wingman

ROGET THESAURUS

airman

Mariner

N sailor, mariner, navigator, seaman, seafarer, seafaring man, dock walloper, tar, jack tar, salt, able seaman, A, B, man-of-war's man, bluejacket, galiongee, galionji, marine, jolly, midshipman, middy, skipper, shipman, boatman, ferryman, waterman, lighterman, bargeman, longshoreman, bargee, gondolier, oar, oarsman, rower, boatswain, cockswain, coxswain, steersman, pilot, crew, aerial navigator, aeronaut, balloonist, Icarus, aeroplanist, airman, aviator, birdman, man-bird, wizard of the air, aviatrix, flier, pilot, test pilot, glider pilot, bush pilot, navigator, flight attendant, steward, stewardess, crew, astronaut, cosmonaut, parachutist, paratrooper.