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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 flyer
 飛鳥,飛行物,飛行員,快車,傳單,飛跳

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fly·er n.
 1. One that uses wings.
 2. The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6.
 3. Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a theatrical programme, an advertising leaf, etc.
 4. Arch. One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder.
 5. The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; -- so called from their swift revolution. See Fly, n., 11.
 6. The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers.
 7. Stock Jobbing A small operation not involving ? considerable part of one's capital, or not in the line of one's ordinary business; a venture. [Cant]
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 flyer
      n 1: an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet)
           intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular
           to all subscribers" [syn: circular, handbill, bill,
            broadside, broadsheet, flier, throwaway]
      2: someone who travels by air [syn: flier]
      3: someone who operates an aircraft [syn: aviator, aeronaut,
          airman, flier]