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Pilot

noun

1.

Someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight. Synonym: airplane pilot.

2.

A person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor.

3.

A program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors. Synonyms: pilot film, pilot program.

4.

Something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies. Synonyms: archetype, original.

5.

Small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner. Synonyms: pilot burner, pilot light.

6.

An inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track. Synonyms: buffer, cowcatcher, fender.

verb

(past & past part. piloted; pres. part. piloting)

1.

Operate an airplane. Synonyms: aviate, fly.

2.

Act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance. Synonym: navigate. "Who was navigating the ship during the accident?"

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"Pilot" Quotes from Famous Books

... in his car of shells Long ago had cleft the waters With his natatory daughters To the rescue: or Poseidon Sent a fish for thee to ride on— Such a steed as erst Arion Reached the mainland high and dry on. Steed appeareth none, nor pilot! Little dog, if it be thy lot To essay the dismal track Where Odysseus half hung back, How wilt thou conciliate That grim mastiff by the gate? Sure, 'twill puzzle thee to fawn On his muzzles three that yawn Antrous; or to find, poor dunce, Grace in his six eyes at once— ...

— Wandering Heath • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

... "Will she need a pilot?" cried Francesco, rising in his boat, and watching the stranger. "Let us wait here, and see if she ...

— A Monk of Cruta • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... undertook to pilot me across the cotton fields into the pine land; and a more excruciating process than being dragged over that very uneven surface in that wood wagon without springs I did never endure, mitigated and soothed though it was by the literally fascinating account my charioteer gave me of the rattlesnakes ...

— Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation - 1838-1839 • Frances Anne Kemble

... cleaving the air with a steady rise and fall of rhythmic power. Once aloft she sailed in level flight, apparently at perfect ease—and after several rapid "runs," and circlings, descended slowly and gracefully, landing her pilot without shock or jar. He was at once surrounded and was asked a thousand questions which it was evident he could ...

— The Secret Power • Marie Corelli

... oceans of brewis, as large as Highland hills and lochs; but you shall see better cheer to-morrow. Where lodge you? I will call for you. I must be your guide through the peopled desert, to certain enchanted lands, which you will scarce discover without chart and pilot. ...

— The Fortunes of Nigel • Sir Walter Scott

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