aviator

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: a=vi=a=tor

CIDE DICTIONARY

aviator, n. 

•  An experimenter in aviation.  [1913 Webster]
•  A flying machine.  [1913 Webster]
•  The driver or pilot of an aircraft, especially of an airplane.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

aviator, n. (fem. aviatrix) an airman or airwoman.

Etymology

F aviateur f. L avis bird

ROGET THESAURUS

aviator

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.