pilot
pi·lot (pī′lət)
noun
- Archaic helmsman
- a person licensed to direct ships into or out of a harbor or through difficult waters
- a person qualified to operate the controls of an aircraft or spacecraft
- a guide; leader
- a device that guides the action of a machine or machine part
- ☆ a metal frame on the front of a locomotive, to remove obstructions from the track
- pilot light (sense )
- pilot film
Etymology: MFr pilote < It pilota, pedoto < MGr *pēdōtēs < Gr pēdon, oar blade (in pl., rudder), akin to pous, foot
transitive verb
- to act as a pilot of, on, in, or over
- to guide; conduct; lead
adjective
- that serves as a guide or guiding device
- that serves as an activating device
- that serves as a trial unit for experimentation or testing
pilot
n.
Flier
aviator, airman, fighter pilot, commercial pilot, bomber pilot, automatic pilot, mechanical pilot, aeronaut, aerial navigator, navigator, aerialist, jet jockey*, birdman*; see also aviator.One who conducts ships
helmsman, steersman, navigator, man at the wheel, man at the controls, wheelman, coxswain. Guide
scout, leader, director; see guide 1.
Possessives
- license: Ray learned to fly gliders at Usworth Aerodrome some time later and gained his glider pilot's license at the age of 16.
Converse of object
- qualify: FLYING AT STEYNING The after school Club is now available for our newly qualified Pilots.
Adjective modifier
- experienced: For the low experienced pilot this allows greater freedom for error.
- six-month: The six-month pilot, due to start next year, is part of the Court Service's Modernizing the Civil Courts Program.
- automatic: Eight hours sleep is optimum to allow the body to operate on automatic pilot for repair.
- qualified: On January 24th I passed my flying test and achieved a lifetime ambition of becoming a qualified pilot!
- successful: After a successful pilot, we can now register learners electronically.
- three-year: It was established in the Shetland Islands in 1997 following a three-year pilot under the local authority.
Modifies a noun
- scheme: The national rollout of NUS Extra follows a pilot scheme carried out in 13 unions in the North West during 2005/06.
- project: Treasure Island: a 1997 pilot project for Stories from the Web.
- phase: This is an important opportunity for businesses to register interest in taking part in the pilot phase of the scheme.
- study: In their pilot study of twenty children over six months, two thirds had improved seizure control on the diet.
- episode: According to EA, around 100,000 people signed up for the free pilot episode of Majestic.
- program: The co-ordinator for the pilot program worked with the schools to deliver the project.
Noun used with modifier
- fighter: During World War II, the demands changed due to burn often suffered by fighter pilots.
- glider: Ray learned to fly gliders at Usworth Aerodrome some time later and gained his glider pilot 's license at the age of 16.
- helicopter: A popular calling place for walkers and more unusually for thirsty helicopter pilots - there is a helicopter pad outside!
- airline: Norman must hold the record, at age 16, for being the youngest airline pilot ever hired.
- RAF: All AEF pilots are regular or Volunteer Reserve RAF pilots.
- bomber: Combat Flight Simulator 3 places you in the position of either a fighter or bomber pilot in the thick of World War II.
Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For though from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar.
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