"flyer" Definition

Definitions for the word "flyer" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
One that uses wings.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a theatrical programme, an advertising leaf, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
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, n., 11.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A small operation not involving ? considerable part of one's capital, or not in the line of one's ordinary business; a venture.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
(also flier) colloq. 1 airman or airwoman. 2 thing that flies in a specified way (poor flyer). 3 fast-moving animal or vehicle. 4 ambitious or outstanding person. 5 small handbill.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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