chutist, 'chutist
(ˈʃuːtɪst)
colloq. abbrev. of parachutist.
| 1920 Flight XII. 808/2 A novel descent made by ‘double parachute’ where the ‘chutist’ will jump over and descend so far with one parachute [etc.]. 1940 Amer. Speech XV 261/2 The German parachutists in the attack on the Low Countries in May were termed variously in newspaper headlines 'chutists, parashoots, and parachuters. |