sky pilot
a member of the clergy, especially a chaplain of the armed forces.
Origin of sky pilot
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How to use sky pilot in a sentence
All of us have deep in our hearts love, veneration and respect for the sky-pilot—chaplain, if you would rather call him so.
Private Peat | Harold R. PeatHis gang kills; but when they kill under The sky pilot they do it so cleverly that no trace of the crime remains.
The Oakdale Affair | Edgar Rice BurroughsAlways behind him he expected the sudden onslaught of the bearded, blear-eyed followers of The sky pilot.
The Oakdale Affair | Edgar Rice BurroughsBut call him "sky-pilot" and he starts up like Macbeth at the ghost of Banquo, exclaiming "Come in any other form but that!"
Flowers of Freethought | George W. FooteLet us first notice a great difference between the sea pilot and the sky pilot.
Flowers of Freethought | George W. Foote
British Dictionary definitions for sky pilot
slang a chaplain in one of the military services
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