pilot

IPA: pˈaɪɫʌt

A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
A guide book for maritime navigation.
An instrument for detecting the compass error.
(Australia, road transport, informal) A pilot vehicle.
(Australia, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
Something serving as a test or trial.
(mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
(aviation) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
(television) A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.
(rail transport) A cowcatcher.
(Europe, motor racing) A racing driver.
A pilot light.
One who flies a kite.
A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.

(transitive) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
(transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
(transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, etc.)
(rail transport, of a locomotive) To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.

Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability.
Used to control or activate another device.
Being a vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle/combination.

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