One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.
Use in sentences of PILOT
Meaning of PILOT in English
One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.
Specifically, a person duly qualified, and licensed by authority, to conduct vessels into and out of a port, or in certain waters, for a fixed rate of fees.
Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a difficult or unknown course.
An instrument for detecting the compass error.
The cowcatcher of a locomotive.
To direct the course of, as of a ship, where navigation is dangerous.
Figuratively: To guide, as through dangers or difficulties.