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glider

[glahy-der]

glid·er

[glahy-der]
noun
1.
a motorless, heavier-than-air aircraft for gliding from a higher to a lower level by the action of gravity or from a lower to a higher level by the action of air currents.
2.
a porch swing made of an upholstered seat suspended from a steel framework by links or springs.
3.
a person or thing that glides.
4.
a person who pilots a glider.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English; see glide, -er1
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glider (ˈɡlaɪdə)
 
n
1.  See also sailplane an aircraft capable of gliding and soaring in air currents without the use of an engine
2.  a person or thing that glides
3.  another name for flying phalanger

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