aviatrix

English

Etymology

aviator +‎ -trix

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.vi.eɪ.tɹɪks/

Noun

aviatrix (plural aviatrices or aviatrixes)

1. (dated) A female aviator.
   • 1969, William Dana Orcutt, Celebrities Off Parade: Pen-and-ink Portrait Sketches‎^[1], →ISBN, page 111:

     “... — Did you know that she was an aviatrix?” he interjected.

   • 1987, Pat Browne, Heroines of Popular Culture‎^[2], →ISBN, page 54:

     The Women Flyers: From Aviatrix to Astronaut

   • 2001, Roger E. Bilstein, Flight in America: From the Wrights to the Astronauts‎^[3], →ISBN, page 22:

     Hariet Quimby, a writer for Leslie's Weekly, in 1911 became the first American aviatrix and won international accalim in 1912 as the first woman to pilot a plan across the English Channel.

   • 2002, Deena Mandrell, Deadbeat Dads: Subjectivity and Social Construction‎^[4], →ISBN, page 307:

     In 1929 she turned an ide that she ‘stole’ from her son into a screenplay, Wings in the Dark, featuring a protagonist based on Ameria Earhart, the famous aviatrix with whom Shipman was acquainted...

   • 2018 summary of 2009 film Amelia

     From the time she first sits in the pilot's seat, aviatrix Amelia Earhart (Hilary Swank) feels destined to achieve great things.

Usage notes

• In common usage, the etymologically-consistent plural form aviatrices is over three times more common than the Anglicised plural form aviatrixes.

Synonyms

• aviatress
• aviatrice
• pilotess

Hypernyms

• aviator (male or female)
• flier, flyer (male or female)
• pilot (male or female)

Coordinate terms

• aviator (male)

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: طّيَّارَة (ar) f, طَائِرَة (ar) f (ṭāʔira)
• French: aviatrice (fr)