FLYER

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

flyer (plural flyers) US English flier except in the sense of leaflet

That which flies, as a bird or insect.

A machine that flies.

(dated) An airplane pilot.

A person who travels by airplane.

A leaflet, often for advertising.

The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin

(architecture) An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.

(acrobatics, cheerleading, synchronized swimming) The person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.

(firearms) A stray shot away from the group on a target.

A standard rectangular step of a staircase (as opposed to a winder).

A female kangaroo; a roo; a doe; a jill.

A leap or jump.

A risky investment or other venture.

Synonyms

• (pilot): aviator, aviatrix

• (leaflet): circular, leaflet

Coordinate terms

• (acrobatics): base

Verb

flyer (third-person singular simple present flyers, present participle flyering, simple past and past participle flyered)

(intransitive) To distribute flyers (leaflets).

(transitive) To distribute flyers in (a location) or to (recipients).

Anagrams

• refly

Source: Wiktionary

Fly"er, n. Etym: [See Flier.]

1. One that uses wings.

2. The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6.

3. Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a theatrical programme, an advertising leaf, etc.

4. (Arch.)

Definition: One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder.

5. The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; -- so called from their swift revolution. See Fly, n., 11.

6. The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers. Internat. Cyc.

7. (Stock Jobbing)

Definition: A small operation not involving considerable part of one's capital, or not in the line of one's ordinary business; a venture. [Cant] Bartlett.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition