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Definition of Flyer
1. Noun. An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution. "He mailed the circular to all subscribers"
Generic synonyms: Ad, Advert, Advertisement, Advertising, Advertizement, Advertizing
Specialized synonyms: Stuffer
Derivative terms: Circularise, Circularise, Circularise, Circularize, Circularize, Circulate
2. Noun. Someone who travels by air.
3. Noun. Someone who operates an aircraft.
Specialized synonyms: Airwoman, Aviatress, Aviatrix, Airplane Pilot, Pilot
Generic synonyms: Skilled Worker, Skilled Workman, Trained Worker
Specialized synonyms: Bennett, Floyd Bennett, Bleriot, Louis Bleriot, Cochran, Jacqueline Cochran, Doolittle, James Harold Doolittle, Jimmy Doolittle, Amelia Earhart, Earhart, Howard Hughes, Howard Robard Hughes, Hughes, Charles A. Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Charles Lindbergh, Lindbergh, Lucky Lindy, Billy Mitchell, Mitchell, William Mitchell, Post, Wiley Post
Derivative terms: Airmanship, Aviate, Fly, Fly
Definition of Flyer
1. n. One that uses wings.
Definition of Flyer
1. Noun. A machine that flies. ¹
2. Noun. Someone who pilots or rides in an airplane. ¹
3. Noun. A leaflet, often for advertising. ¹
4. Noun. The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to, and winds it on the bobbin ¹
5. Noun. (architecture) An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports. ¹
6. Noun. (cheerleading) A cheerleader who is airborne for a stunt. ¹
7. Verb. (intransitive) To distribute flyers (leaflets). ¹
8. Verb. (transitive) To distribute flyers in (a location) or to (recipients). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flyer
1. flier [n -S] - See also: flier
Medical Definition of Flyer
1. 1. One that uses wings. 2. The fly of a flag: See Fly. 3. Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a theatrical programme, an advertising leaf, etc. 4. One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder. 5. The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; so called from their swift revolution. See Fly. 6. The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers. 7. A small operation not involving ? considerable part of one's capital, or not in the line of one's ordinary business; a venture. See: Flier. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flyer
Literary usage of Flyer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"From the two-spindle gill-box to the spinning frame ihc spindle, bobbin and flyer
combination is employed with the object just mentioned. From fig. ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Patents for Useful Inventions in the United States by George Ticknor Curtis, Thomas Webster (1854)
"the jury, on the testimony of experts and the language itself.1 But it does not
follow from this, that the construction of the flyer. ..."
3. Modern Flax, Hemp and Jute Spinning and Twisting: A Practical Handbook for by Herbert R. Carter (1907)
"The fish- tailed flyer used upon the dry spinning frame is most clearly seen in
... The ends of the flyer legs are flattened and pierced by an open eye. ..."
4. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"The older method of twisting yarns was to use a flyer twisting: framo, and although
... flyer twisting frames do not differ in any material points from ring ..."
5. Cotton Spinning by William Scott-Taggart (1897)
"This results, as already shown, in the flyer winding on the bobbin a length of
roving equal to a quarter the circumference of the bare bobbin, ..."
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