pilot

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Meaning

1. A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
2. A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
3. A guide book for maritime navigation.
4. An instrument for detecting the compass error.
5. (informal) A pilot vehicle.
6. A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
7. A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
8. Something serving as a test or trial.
9. Something serving as a test or trial.
10. A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
11. A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.
12. A cowcatcher.
13. A racing driver.
14. A pilot light.
15. One who flies a kite.
16. A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.

aviator

airplane pilot

pilot burner

pilot film

pilot program

pilot carrier

harbor pilot

marking-out

life guard

driverscope

pilot-fish

fighting pilot

helmsman of a vessel

pilotfish

stage direct

pilot frequency

flying-man

rail guard

track clearer

stone sweeper

avigator

television pilot

pilot episode

guardman

draw rein

flying man

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpaɪlət/

From Middle French pilot, pillot, from Italian pilota, piloto, older also pedotta, pedot(t)o (the form in pil- is probably influenced by pileggiare (“to sail, navigate”)); ultimately from unattested Byzantine Greek *πηδώτης (*pēdṓtēs, “helmsman”), from Ancient Greek πηδόν (pēdón, “blade of an oar, oar”), hence also Ancient and Modern Greek πηδάλιον (pēdálion, “rudder”).

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