Meanings
nounman-bird (plural man-birds)
plural man-birds · alternative manbird
- colloquialdatedA male aviator.
With each succeeding day's exhibit of man's ingenuity and his ability to cleave the atmosphere unscathed, the clamor on the part of non-aviators to share the flights of the man-birds grew louder.
1910, Poultney Bigelow, James Henry Worman, Ben James Worman, Outing, volume 55, page 753
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