frequent flyer

English

Alternative forms

• frequent flier (US)

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Noun

frequent flyer (plural frequent flyers)

1. A person who flies frequently on commercial airliners.

   As he flew home every weekend, he considered himself a frequent flyer.

2. Someone who is habitually a nuisance.

   Drunks tend to be the most common frequent flyers.

3. (medicine, slang, derogatory) A patient who frequents a health facility, with minor or malingering-type presentations.