Etymology

leaderman

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Today it means: a foreign (usually Russian) navigator who helps guide an aircraft during its descent Full definition →

Russian лидировщик
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromлидировщик
  2. English todayleaderman

From leader + man, a literal translation of the Russian лидировщик (lidirovščik).

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