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flying officer

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.54 in modern English

Syllables
fly-ing of-fi-cer
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person holding a rank in the RAF, between that of pilot officer and flight lieutenant, equivalent to an Army lieutenant or Royal Navy sublieutenant.

Inflected Forms

flying officers (plural)

Derived Forms

F/O

Frequently Paired Words

flight lieutenant pilot officer

Synonyms

F/O

Questions

What does flying officer mean?
A person holding a rank in the RAF, between that of pilot officer and flight lieutenant, equivalent to an Army lieutenant or Royal Navy sublieutenant.

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