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fly⋅er

  [flahy-er]
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–noun
1. Textiles.
a. a rotating device that adds twist to the slubbing or roving and winds the stock onto a spindle or bobbin in a uniform manner.
b. a similar device for adding twist to yarn.
2. flier.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see fly 1 , -er 1
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fly

3  [flahy]
–adjective British Informal.
1. clever; keen; ingenious.
2. agile; nimble.
Origin:
1805–15; perh. special use of fly 1

fli⋅er

  [flahy-er]
–noun
1. something that flies, as a bird or insect.
2. an aviator or pilot.
3. an airplane passenger, esp. one who travels regularly by air.
4. a person or thing that moves with great speed.
5. some part of a machine having a rapid motion.
6. a small handbill; circular.
7. Informal. a flying jump or leap: He took a flier off the bridge.
8. Informal. a risky or speculative venture: Our flier in uranium stocks was a disaster.
9. one of the steps in a straight flight of stairs. Compare winder (def. 2).
10. a trapeze artist; aerialist.
11. a silvery-green sunfish, Centrarchus macropterus, found from Virginia to Florida and through the lower Mississippi valley.
Also, flyer.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see fly 1 , -er 1
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fli·er also fly·er   (flī'ər)   
n.  
  1. One, such as an insect or bird, that flies with wings.
  2. The pilot of an aircraft.
  3. A passenger in an aircraft: special fares for business fliers.
  4. A pamphlet or circular for mass distribution.
  5. A step in a straight stairway.
  6. Informal A daring venture.
  7. often flyer Australian An exceptionally swift kangaroo.
fly·er   (flī'ər)   
n.  Variant of flier.
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Flyer

Fly"er\, n. [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.) 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) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : flyer
Spanish: aviador; pasajero,
German: der Flieger,
Japanese: 飛行家
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flyer 
"small handbill or fly-sheet," 1889, U.S. slang, from fly (v.1) on notion of "made to be scattered broadcast."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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