- a person who operates the controls of an aircraft, especially as a job
- an airline pilot
- a fighter/helicopter pilot
- The accident was caused by pilot error.
- The pilot bailed out as the aircraft crashed into the ocean.
- He has his own plane and a pilot's licence.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- experienced
- licensed
- professional
- …
- fly (something)
- crash (something)
- bail out
- …
- error
- a person with special knowledge of a difficult area of water, for example, the entrance to a harbour, whose job is to guide ships through itTopics Transport by waterc1
- a single television programme that is made in order to find out whether people will like it and want to watch further programmesTopics TV, radio and newsc2
- (also pilot light)a small flame that burns all the time, for example on a gas boiler, and lights a larger flame when the gas is turned on
Word Originearly 16th cent. (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’.
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