wingmanship

noun — 2 senses

wingmanship

noun

Etymology From wingman + -ship; in the flight sense, coined in imitation of horsemanship.

1

Power or skill in flying.

  • 1867', George Campbell, The Reign of Law To stand still in the air is not indeed impossible to a flying Bird, for reasons to be presently explained, but it is one of the most difficult feats of wingmanship
2

Friendship in the form of being a wingman.

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