Hypertext Webster Gateway: "flier"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flier \Fli"er\, n.
An a["e]roplane or flying machine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flier \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
flier
n 1: someone who travels by air [syn: {flyer}]
2: someone who operates an aircraft [syn: {aviator}, {aeronaut},
{airman}, {flyer}]
3: an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet)
intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to
all subscribers" [syn: {circular}, {handbill}, {bill}, {broadside},
{broadsheet}, {flyer}, {throwaway}]
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