aviator glasses

plural noun

1. eyeglasses with metal frames, and often tinted lenses, contoured to suggest the goggles once worn by aviators.

Word History and Origins

Origin of aviator glasses¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

While he tried to project a youthful and sporty image, with his aviator glasses and sports cars, his actual performance presented a rather different, more tragic archetype: the aging, deteriorating father who refuses to pass the torch.

From Slate

Then he slipped on his aviator glasses and added: “But I’m not sure about Dark Brandon.”

From Slate

Mr. Snyder was distinguished by his signature tinted aviator glasses, his barely readable handwriting, his Brooklyn accent and his temper.

From New York Times

When Carl Lentz co-founded Hillsong Church New York in 2010, he emerged as a media spectacle known particularly for his unconventional look: tattoo sleeves, body piercings, Supreme sweatshirts, sagging pants, snapbacks and aviator glasses.

From Salon

Mr. Jenkins, who has a mop of shaggy white hair and a prominent bushy mustache, said that he wore his usual prescription aviator glasses with tinted lenses at the ceremony.

From New York Times