- sky pilot
- noun Date: 1883 clergyman; specifically chaplain
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
sky pilot
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Sky Pilot — can refer to: * Sky Pilot , a 1968 song by Eric Burdon and The Animals utilizes a sky pilot figure who is interpreted as a military chaplain. *A nickname for a missionary::* The Sky Pilot , a novel by Ralph Connor. *A common name for the… … Wikipedia
Sky pilot — (A[ e]ronautics) A person licensed as a pilot. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sky-pilot — see sky n.1 9 … Useful english dictionary
sky pilot — n. Slang a member of the clergy; esp., CHAPLAIN (sense 2) … English World dictionary
sky-pilot — n. a chaplain. □ The sky pilot says we can park in the church’s lot, if we don’t mess anything up or make too much noise. □ The sky pilot’s a good guy … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
sky pilot — noun A clergyman, especially a military chaplain or padre. Jack, I swear, Im no sky pilot, but a creep pad turns into a confession booth as soon as I squat in it – the chicks really run their mouths some spieling their life histories in my face.… … Wiktionary
sky-pilot — A playful American slang term for a clergyman, or specifically, a chaplain. It occurs as a vocative, addressed to an American ‘reverend gentleman’, in Sandra, by Pearl Bell, a romantic novel published in the 1920s. A man calls another ‘earnest … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
sky pilot — sky′ pi lot n. sts sl. a member of the clergy, esp. an army chaplain … From formal English to slang
Sky Pilot (song) — Infobox Single Name = Sky Pilot Artist = Eric Burdon The Animals from Album = The Twain Shall Meet A side = Sky Pilot (Part One) B side = Sky Pilot (Part Two) Released =January 1968 (UK) July 1968 (USA) Format = 7 single Recorded =1967 Genre =… … Wikipedia
sky pilot — Slang. a member of the clergy, esp. a chaplain of the armed forces. [1880 85] * * * … Universalium
