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fliers

Noun
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Fliers are people or things that flee or run away, often suggesting panic, escape, pursuit, or those scattered by danger in poetic contexts.

Detailed Definition
Here “fliers” means those who are fleeing from battle or retreating. The word is not the modern sense of “leaflets” or “air travelers,” so the context matters.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Your comrades chase e’en now the fliers” means those fleeing, often in battle or pursuit; “The fliers vanished over the ridge”; “At dusk, the fliers crossed the border road”; “The poem calls the retreating soldiers fliers”
Additional Notes
In this line, “fliers” has an older, less common meaning related to fleeing, not the everyday modern sense.; Found in the poem, Say not the Struggle Nought Availeth by Arthur Hugh Clough
Also Known As
flyers winged creatures aviators airborne
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