airframer

noun

air·​fram·​er ˈer-ˌfrā-mər 

plural airframers

: a company engaged in the design and manufacture of aircraft

Most contracts between airframers and their suppliers were simple cost-plus arrangements …

—Mark Lorell, Cheaper, Faster, Better?, 2000

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

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