pilotessn.
/pʌɪləˈtɛs/, /ˈpʌɪlətᵻs/, U.S. /ˈpaɪlədəs/ A female pilot; (originally) a woman who steers or navigates a vessel; (now chiefly) a woman who flies an aircraft.
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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 > woman
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pilotess1827
1827 Times 8 Sept. 3/1 To this [sc. the placing of ballast] I observed my pilotess was particularly attentive.
1854 A. M. Howitt Art-student in Munich xxvii. 310 Now we in our boat, steered by our beautiful pilotess, followed.
1891 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 2 Dec. 2/5 Mrs. Hulett is the first full fledged pilotess [on the Mississippi river].
1910 Mansfield (Ohio) News 6 Apr. 7/3 It is the very thing for an aeroplane pilotess, who can't afford to risk tangling herself in skirts.
1999 Balloons & Airships Mar. 33/2 In pilotess, Susan Carden, well used to handling unruly stallions, he met his match.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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