pilot

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Having on board a Charleston pilot, as well as one for Wilmington, I had not determined, on sailing, which port to attempt; but having made the land near Charleston bar during thick weather on the night of the 28th, our pilot was afraid to venture further.

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  1. noun One who operates or is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight.
  2. noun 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.
  3. noun Nautical The helmsman of a ship.
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  • Your value as a pilot is being able to do these things should the wiz bangs go wiz bang.
  • From what I've read it sounds as if the pilot is a genuine hero. —  NewMexiKen
  • Buddy Valastro - from Carlo's Bake Shop has a TV show called "Cake Boss" - and the pilot is appearing on TLC tonight. —  Hoboken 411
  • This pilot is a hero, and his superb training and personal courage created a miracle. —  CTV News RSS Feed
  • Yeah, the pilot is an awesome human being, no doubt. —  WordPress.com News
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pilot:   piloting ·  pilots
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  1. Obsolete French, helmsman, from Old French, from Old Italian pilota, alteration of pedota, from Medieval Greek *pēdōtēs, from Greek pēda, steering oar, pl. of pēdon, blade of an oar; see ped- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also pilotte, pylate; from Old French pilot, French pilote = Spanish Portuguese piloto = Italian piloto, pilota (Middle Latin pilotus, pilota), a pilot; cf. Middle Dutch pilote, piloot, pijloot, pijlloot (Kilian), peilloot (Sewel), Dutch piloot = Middle Low German pilote, a pilot; origin uncertain; apparently, through Old French piloter, pilotier, “to sound the depth of water with a line and plummet” (Cotgrave), from Middle Dutch *peylloot, *peilloot, Dutch peillood, a sounding-lead (= German peil-loth, sounding-lead, plummet), from peylen, pijlen (Kilian), Dutch peilen (= German peilen, take soundings) (contr. of Middle Dutch pegelen, measure the capacity of anything, from pegel, the capacity of a vessel's gage), + loot, Dutch lood = German loth = English lead: see lead.
  2. from French piloter, pilot; from the noun.
 

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