Lexic.us

Definition of Parachute jumper

1. Noun. A person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parachute Jumper

Literary usage of Parachute jumper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Aero and Hydro: America's Aviation Weekly by Aero Club of Illinois (1912)
"Of 1000 persons at the field, few realized this hazard, but experts who watched the parachute cut loose, realized the danger, and a veteran parachute jumper ..."

2. Argosy All-story Weekly edited by Frank Andrew Munsey (1900)
"Monsieur Malhomme is the greatest aeronaut of the day, and madame the most daring parachute jumper of the whole world," said Jacques, magnificently, ..."

3. Practical Aeronautics: An Understandable Presentation of Interesting and by Charles Brian Hayward (1912)
"For the purpose of developing the machine further, and at the same time of exhibiting it, the services of a parachute jumper with a hot-air balloon were ..."

4. Vehicles of the Air: A Popular Exposition of Modern Aeronautics with Working by Victor Lougheed (1909)
"... but a 45-pound glider designed by Professor Montgomery and mounted by an intrepid parachute jumper, Daniel Maloney (see Figures 225, 226, 227, and 260). ..."

5. Vehicles of the Air: A Popular Exposition of Modern Aeronautics with Working by Victor Lougheed (1910)
"... air balloon—to which was attached, not a parachute, but a 45-pound glider designed by Professor Montgomery and mounted by an intrepid parachute jumper, ..."

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