News: 'We are all aviators': Australian air force replaces term 'airmen', page-6

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    Origin of viator

    First recorded in 1495–1505; from Latin viātor, equivalent to viā(re) “to travel” (derivative of via “way”) + -tor-tor


    Origin of aviator

    1885–90; <French aviateur.

    noun

    old-fashionedthe pilot of an aeroplane or airship; flyer
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