sky pilot

noun

, Slang.

1. a member of the clergy, especially a chaplain of the armed forces.

sky pilot

noun

1. slang.
   a chaplain in one of the military services

Word History and Origins

Origin of sky pilot¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

All of us have deep in our hearts love, veneration and respect for the sky-pilot—chaplain, if you would rather call him so.

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His gang kills; but when they kill under The Sky Pilot they do it so cleverly that no trace of the crime remains.

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Always behind him he expected the sudden onslaught of the bearded, blear-eyed followers of The Sky Pilot.

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But call him "sky-pilot" and he starts up like Macbeth at the ghost of Banquo, exclaiming "Come in any other form but that!"

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Let us first notice a great difference between the sea pilot and the sky pilot.

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