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pilot

pi·lot

UK/ˈpaɪ̯.lət/ US/ˈpʰaɪ̯.lət/ common informal
noun (6) verb (2)

noun

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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

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small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner

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verb

1.

fly a plane

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act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance

  • “Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?”
  • “Who was navigating the ship during the accident?”
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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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