flyer Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
    handbill; flier; bill; broadside; broadsheet; throwaway; circular.
    • he mailed the circular to all subscribers
  2. noun someone who travels by air
    flier.
  3. noun someone who operates an aircraft
    flier; aeronaut; aviator; airman.
  4. adjective satellite (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked
    fly.

WordNet

Fly"er noun
Etymology
See Flier.
Definitions
  1. One that uses wings.
  2. The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6.
  3. Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a theatrical programme, an advertising leaf, etc.
  4. (Arch.) One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder.
  5. The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; -- so called from their swift revolution. See Fly, n., 11.
  6. The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers. Internat. Cyc.
  7. (Stock Jobbing) A small operation not involving ? considerable part of one's capital, or not in the line of one's ordinary business; a venture. Cant Bartlett.

Webster 1913