pilot

Definitions of pilot in various dictionaries:

noun - someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight

noun - a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor

noun - a program exemplifying a contemplated series

noun - something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies

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

noun - an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track

verb - operate an airplane

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

One who operates or is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight.

Nautical.

One who, though not belonging to a ship’s company, is licensed to conduct a ship into and out of port or through dangerous waters.

The helmsman of a ship.

One who guides or directs a course of action for others.

The part of a tool, device, or machine that leads or guides the whole.

A pilot light, as in a stove.

A television program produced as a prototype of a series being considered for adoption by a network.

To serve as the pilot of.

To steer or control the course of.

Serving as a tentative model for future experiment or development: a pilot project.

English borrowed the word from French, and as pilot it has moved from the water to the air, first being recorded in 1848 with reference to an airborne pilot—a balloonist.

verb - to control the course of

PILOT - Pilot most commonly refers to: Aircraft pilot, a person who flies or navigates an aircraft Maritime pilot, a person who guides ships through hazardo...