aircraftsman

or air·craft·man

[ air-krafts-muhn, -krahfts- ]

noun

, British.

, plural air·crafts·men.

1. a person holding the rank of noncommissioned officer in the RAF.

Gender Note

Is aircraftsman gender-neutral? See -man.

Word History and Origins

Origin of aircraftsman¹

First recorded in 1915–20; aircraft + s ¹( def ) + -man

Example Sentences

In an effort to escape the fame or, as he sometimes saw it, his notoriety he enlisted in the RAF as aircraftsman John Hume Ross.

From BBC