pilot-major
/ˌpʌɪlətˈmeɪdʒə/(also pilot major) Nautical. Now historical
noun
A chief pilot.
- Used chiefly in the 16th and 17th centuries as an honorary title conferred on a distinguished navigator or sailor..
Origin
Mid 16th century. Apparently from pilot + major, after Spanish piloto mayor.
- Anzac Cove
- Anzac Day
- Anzio
- Anzus
- AO
- AOA
- AOB
- AOC
- ao dai
- A-OK
- A-okay
- Aona
- AONB
- AOR
- Aoraki/Mount Cook
- aorist
- aoristic
- a (or one) hell of a ——
- a (or one) hundred per cent
- a (or one's) bounden duty
- aorta
- a (or that) sinking feeling
- a (or the) deuce of a ——
- a (or the) grand old man of
- a (or the) picture of ——