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noun Slang.

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

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Origin of sky pilot

First recorded in 1880–85

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How to use sky pilot in a sentence

All of us have deep in our hearts love, veneration and respect for the sky-pilot—chaplain, if you would rather call him so.
Private Peat|Harold R. Peat
His gang kills; but when they kill under The Sky Pilot they do it so cleverly that no trace of the crime remains.
The Oakdale Affair|Edgar Rice Burroughs
Always behind him he expected the sudden onslaught of the bearded, blear-eyed followers of The Sky Pilot.
The Oakdale Affair|Edgar Rice Burroughs
But call him "sky-pilot" and he starts up like Macbeth at the ghost of Banquo, exclaiming "Come in any other form but that!"
Flowers of Freethought|George W. Foote

Let us first notice a great difference between the sea pilot and the sky pilot.
Flowers of Freethought|George W. Foote

British Dictionary definitions for sky pilot

sky pilot

noun

slang a chaplain in one of the military services

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