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   pilot

   /ˈpʌɪlət/

   noun

   • 1. a person who operates the flying controls of an aircraft: "a strike by local airline pilots" Similar airman/airwomanflyeraeronautcaptaincommanderco-pilotfirst/second officerwingmanaircrewinformal:skipperdated:aviatoraviatrixbirdmaninformal:jockfly boy
   • ▪ a person with expert local knowledge qualified to take charge of a ship entering or leaving a harbour. Similar navigatorhelmsmanguidesteersmancoxswainleaderdirectorusherescortattendant
   • ▪ a navigational handbook for use at sea.
   • ▪ a jockey: informal "many expected him to get the job as Desert Orchid's pilot"
   • ▪ a guide or leader. archaic
   • 2. a television or radio programme made to test audience reaction with a view to the production of a series: "he returns to our TV screens in a pilot for a Channel 4 sitcom" Similar trial episodepilot episodepilot programmesampleexperiment
   • 3. an unmodulated reference signal transmitted with another signal for the purposes of control or synchronization.
   • 4. another term for cowcatcher

   adjective

   • 1. done as an experiment or test before being introduced more widely: "a pilot scheme for training workers"

   verb

   • 1. be the pilot of (an aircraft or ship): "he piloted the helicopter from Paris to Deauville" Similar flybe at the controls ofcontrolhandlemanoeuvredriveoperatesteerregulatemonitordirectcaptaininformal:skipperrare:aviate
   • ▪ guide or steer: "Melissa piloted her through the booking hall" Similar navigateguidesteerdirectsailushershepherdshow the way toleadconductescortconvoy
   • 2. test (a scheme, project, etc.) before introducing it more widely: "one-day workshops for part-time staff were piloted in June" Similar testtrialput to the testtry outcarry out trials onexperiment withassessinvestigateexamineappraiseevaluatecheck out

   Word Origin early 16th century (denoting a person who steers a ship): from French pilote, from medieval Latin pilotus, an alteration of pedota, based on Greek pēdon ‘oar’, (plural) ‘rudder’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pilotage noun
   • 2. pilotless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

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