† piloteern.
Obsolete. rare.
A person who pilots a ship.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > helmsman or pilot
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1650 J. Howell Addit. Lett. iv. 8 in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) As to the Pole the Lilly bends In a Sea-compas,..Wherby the wandring Piloteer His cours in gloomy nights doth steer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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