pilot

pi-lot · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A person who operates the flying controls of an aircraft.

  2. 2.

    A person with expert local knowledge qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor.

  3. 3.

    A television program made to test audience reaction before a series is produced.

  4. 4.

    (as adjective) Done as a test or trial.

  5. 5.

    (as verb) To act as a pilot; to guide or test something.

Forms

plural: pilots

Related words

See also: aviator, captain, navigate
Synonyms: aviator, captain, navigator

Etymology

From French pilote, from Italian pilota, alteration of pedota ("helmsman"), from Greek pēdon ("oar, rudder").