flier Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who travels by air
    flyer.
  2. noun someone who operates an aircraft
    flyer; aeronaut; aviator; airman.
  3. noun an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
    handbill; bill; broadside; flyer; broadsheet; throwaway; circular.
    • he mailed the circular to all subscribers

WordNet

Fli"er noun
Etymology
Form Fly, v.; cf. Flyer
Definitions
  1. One who flies or flees; a runaway; a fugitive. Shak.
  2. (Mach.) A fly. See Fly, n., 9, and 13 (b).
  3. (Spinning) See Flyer, n., 5.
  4. (Arch.) See Flyer, n., 4.

Webster 1913