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FLIER
circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway
(noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; “he mailed the circular to all subscribers”
aviator, aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer
(noun) someone who operates an aircraft
flier, flyer
(noun) someone who travels by air
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
flier (plural fliers)
Alternative form of flyer (more common in US, except in the sense of "leaflet")
Verb
flier (third-person singular simple present fliers, present participle fliering, simple past and past participle fliered)
Alternative form of flyer
Anagrams
• Filer, Friel, filer, lifer, rifle
Source: Wiktionary
Fli"er, n. Etym: [Form Fly, v.; cf. Flyer]
1. One who flies or flees; a runaway; a fugitive. Shak.
2. (Mach.)
Definition: A fly. See Fly, n., 9, and 13 (b).
3. (Spinning)
Definition: See Flyer, n., 5.
4. (Arch.)
Definition: See Flyer, n., 4.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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