pilots is a form of:

Pilot



noun
1.
(បច្ចេកទេស) អ្នកបើកបរនាវា
  • pilot officer
    - អនុសេនីយ៍ត្រីទ័ពអាកាស
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
An instrument for detecting the compass error.
2.
One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.
3.
Specifically, a person duly qualified, and licensed by authority, to conduct vessels into and out of a port, or in certain waters, for a fixed rate of fees.
4.
(FIGURATIVE) A guide; a director of another through a difficult or unknown course.
5.
The cowcatcher of a locomotive.
6.
One who flies, or is qualified to fly, a balloon, an airship, or a flying machine.
7.
A short plug at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool. Pilots are sometimes made interchangeable.
8.
The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
verb
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To fly, or act as pilot of (an aircraft).
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To direct the course of, as of a ship, where navigation is dangerous.
3.
(FIGURATIVE) (TRANSITIVE) To guide, as through dangers or difficulties.