Warbird

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A warplane. poetic
  2. 2
    A crew member of a warplane; airman. poetic
  3. 3
    Synonym of scarlet tanager. dialectal
  4. 4
    An aircraft formerly operated by the military, but now owned privately.
  5. 5
    Any aircraft decorated in military livery for display at airshows etc.
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  1. 6
    A heavily-armed starship.

Synonyms

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scarlet tanager

Etymology

From war + bird.

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