Definition of "warbird" []

• An aircraft formerly operated by the military, but now owned privately. (noun)
• Any aircraft decorated in military livery for display at airshows etc. (noun)

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• "A warbird was a very different story from the Vulcan craft."
• "He was likely the last of his happy and peculiar breed, a "warbird" collector who had actually flown such extraordinary machines in the dangerous skies of World War II."
• "And too small for a Romulan warbird, she added, before anyone could ask."