Meaning & use

flyer

noun·Everyday

A small printed sheet of paper advertising or announcing something, or a person who flies.

See it in a sentence

Someone handed her a flyer advertising a discount at the new coffee shop.

The club posted flyers around campus to promote the upcoming concert.

A note on using this word

Both flyer and flier are accepted spellings for the printed advertisement, though flyer is now more common in American English.

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Another way to use it

2. noun

A person who flies an aircraft, or a frequent airline passenger.

As a frequent flyer, she had earned enough miles for a free upgrade.

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