Lindbergh

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The American aviator who in 1927 became the first person to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean
2. An early American pilot famous for the first solo nonstop flight from New York to Paris in 1927
3. A celebrated 20th-century American flier known for crossing the Atlantic alone in a single-engine plane in 1927

Etymology: Charles Lindbergh was an American airmail pilot who made the first solo nonstop flight from New York to Paris. His feat made him one of the most famous people in the world, and his surname became a common noun for anyone who makes a similar solo flight across the Atlantic. The word needs no prefix, suffix, or change of form. The surname itself carries the meaning, so a "Lindbergh" is simply someone who has done what he did, and the name does the work that a dictionary definition would otherwise do.