pinionists

pinionists

English

Etymology

pinion +‎ -ist +‎ -s

Noun

pinionists pl (plural only)

1. (poetic, nonce word) winged creatures
   • 1613, William Browne, Britannia's Pastorals

     He sung the outrage of the lazy drone
     Upon the lab'ring bee, in strains so rare,
     That all the flitting pinionists of air
     Attentive sat, and in their kinds did long
     To learn some note from his well-timed song.