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sky pilot

American  

noun

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


sky pilot British  

noun

  1. slang a chaplain in one of the military services

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of sky pilot

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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George Hubert Wilkins, black-bearded Australian soldier of fortune, and his sky pilot, Carl Ben Eielson, saying they had crawled safely off the Polar Sea after 17 days and nights of discomfort.

From Time Magazine Archive

Depending on our courage and state of mind we run either for the woods or the Hall, to discover that no matter how thin you slice it, it is still sky pilot baloney.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many a Navy sky pilot wonders out loud how he can go back to strictly denominational ministering after the war.

From Time Magazine Archive

"How do he and the sky pilot hit it off?"

From Judith of the Godless Valley by Morrow, Honoré

I just stopped by to see if you and Judith wouldn't come up and have supper with the sky pilot and me.

From Judith of the Godless Valley by Morrow, Honoré

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