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Meaning of FLIER

Pronunciation:  'flIur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers"
  2. [n]  someone who operates an aircraft
  3. [n]  someone who travels by air
 
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 Synonyms: aeronaut, airman, aviator, bill, broadsheet, broadside, circular, flyer, flyer, handbill, throwaway
 
 See Also: ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing, airplane pilot, airwoman, Amelia Earhart, aviatress, aviatrix, Bennett, Billy Mitchell, Bleriot, Charles A. Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Charles Lindbergh, Cochran, Doolittle, Earhart, Floyd Bennett, Howard Hughes, Howard Robard Hughes, Hughes, Jacqueline Cochran, James Harold Doolittle, Jimmy Doolittle, Lindbergh, Louis Bleriot, Lucky Lindy, Mitchell, pilot, skilled worker, stuffer, trained worker, traveler, traveller, William Mitchell

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Fli"er\ (fl[imac]"[~e]r), n. [Form {Fly}, v.; cf.
    {Flyer}]
    1. One who flies or flees; a runaway; a fugitive. --Shak.
    2. (Mach.) A fly. See {Fly}, n., 9, and 13
       (b) .
    3. (Spinning) See {Flyer}, n., 5.
    4. (Arch.) See {Flyer}, n., 4.
    
  2. \Fli"er\, n.
    An a["e]roplane or flying machine.
    
 
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