Pilot

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Pilot

Pilot : வானோடி

Pilot : மாலுமி,வானூர்தி ஓட்டுனர்,வானோடி

Pilot : விமானி

Pilot definition

Noun.

  1. One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.
  2. 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.
  3. Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a difficult or unknown course.
  4. An instrument for detecting the compass error.
  5. The cowcatcher of a locomotive.

Transitive verb.

  1. To direct the course of, as of a ship, where navigation is dangerous.
  2. Figuratively: To guide, as through dangers or difficulties.