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warbird

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables
war-bird
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A warplane.

noun

A crew member of a warplane; airman.

noun

Synonym of scarlet tanager.

noun

An aircraft formerly operated by the military, but now owned privately.

noun

Any aircraft decorated in military livery for display at airshows etc.

noun

A heavily-armed starship.

Etymology

From war + bird.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Military.

Inflected Forms

warbirds (plural)

Synonyms

scarlet tanager

Questions

What does warbird mean?
A warplane.
Where does warbird come from?
From war + bird.

How to pronounce warbird

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