glider

1. One who glides.
2. Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.
3. A pilot of glider aircraft.
4. Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the marsupial gliding possums of Australia.
5. Synonym of glide (“cap affixed to base of legs of furniture”).
6. A kind of garden swing.
7. In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.
8. (broadly) In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.
9. A vehicle, of a usually motorised type, without a powertrain.
10. Any of various species of dragonfly that glide on out-held wings while flying, such as the common glider, Tramea loewii, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡlaɪdə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: glider

In summary

From Middle English glider, glydare, equivalent to glide + -er.

Synonyms

sailplane

flying squirrel

helicopter

🚁

sail plane

scuff

sugar

aerodone

flying possum

sail-plane

gliding aircraft

soaring aeroplane

glider plane

gliding craft

airplane

✈️

air sailer

Translations

planeur

aliante

Segelflugzeug

planeador

zweefvliegtuig

szybowiec

planador

planador

veleggiatore

zeilvliegtuig

ανεμοπλάνο

velero

Gleitflugzeug

libratore

ανεμόπτερο