What is the meaning of pilot?

noun

• Someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight.
  • synonyms: airplane pilot
• A person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor.
• A program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors.
  • synonyms: pilot program, pilot film
• Something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies.
  • usage: "this painting is a copy of the original"
  • synonyms: original, archetype
• Small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner.
  • synonyms: pilot burner, pilot light
• An inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track.
  • synonyms: fender, buffer, cowcatcher

verb

• Operate an airplane.
  • usage: "The pilot flew to Cuba"
  • synonyms: fly, aviate
• Act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance.
  • usage: "Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip"; "Who was navigating the ship during the accident"
  • synonyms: navigate