sky pilot

American  

noun

Slang.

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

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sky pilot British  

noun

1. slang a chaplain in one of the military services

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Etymology

Origin of sky pilot

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

I imagined the wildflowers, plumes of Indian paintbrush, tight clusters of sky pilot, that would be born and wither and die without ever being seen by a human eye.

From Washington Post

It's us for th' sky pilot, an' then th' same range for life.

From Project Gutenberg

Few were the houses on the prairie, and frequently did this "sky pilot," as he was sometimes called, travel from forty to fifty miles to visit some aged miner or sick cowboy.

From Project Gutenberg

Some sailors staring through a deck light took him for a "sky pilot" reading the burial service for their fellow, but thought him over-long about it.

From Project Gutenberg

Don’t you think I’m almost as good a—” Peggy paused for a word—“a—sky pilot!” she cried triumphantly, “as good a sky pilot as you are, Roy?”

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