NOUN (2)

1. a rider of a hang glider;

2. a glider resembling a large kite; the rider hangs from it while descending from a height;

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hang glider
    n 1: a rider of a hang glider
    2: a glider resembling a large kite; the rider hangs from it
       while descending from a height