leaderman

noun

Etymology

From leader + man, a literal translation of the Russian лидировщик (lidirovščik).

  1. inherited from *mon-✻ — “human being, man”
  2. inherited from *mann-✻ — “man”
  3. inherited from *mann✻
  4. inherited from mann — “human being, person, man”
  5. inherited from man
  6. formed as leaderman — “leader + man”

Definitions

  1. a foreign (usually Russian) navigator who helps guide an aircraft during its descent

The neighborhood

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