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Pilot Definition

(n.) One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.

(n.) 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.

(n.) Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a difficult or unknown course.

(n.) An instrument for detecting the compass error.

(n.) The cowcatcher of a locomotive.

(v. t.) To direct the course of, as of a ship, where navigation is dangerous.

(v. t.) Figuratively: To guide, as through dangers or difficulties.