Blériot

American  

[bley-ryaw, blair-ee-oh] / bleɪˈryɔ, ˈblɛər iˌoʊ /

noun

1. Louis 1872–1936, French aviator, pioneer aeronautical engineer, and inventor.

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Blériot British  

/ blerjo /

noun

1. Louis (lwi). 1872–1936, French aviator and aeronautical engineer: made the first flight across the English Channel (1909)

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Example Sentences

Grahame-White ordered a plane from France’s Louis Blériot — who in 1909 became the first person to fly across the English Channel — and even worked in the factory to familiarize himself with it.

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2022

He brought two planes to Benning, a Farman biplane and a Blériot monoplane.

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2022

The Blériot was as different from the Wright Brothers’ creation as Grahame-White was from the Wrights themselves.

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2022

Shortly before his death in 1910, just shy of his 90th birthday, he was able to telegraph his congratulations when Louis Blériot crossed the English Channel in a monoplane.

From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2017

There was the Blériot, aptly to be compared in shape to a dragon-fly; the Farman, a long box trailing a baby box in its wake.

From England by Fox, Frank, Sir