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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