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What is the noun for pilotry?

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pilot
  1. A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
  2. A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
  3. An instrument for detecting the compass error.
  4. (Australia, road transport, informal) A pilot vehicle.
  5. (Australia, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
  6. A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
  7. Something serving as a test or trial.
    1. (mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
  8. A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
  9. A sample episode of a proposed TV series
  10. (rail transport) A cowcatcher.
  11. A pilot light.
  12. One who flies a kite.
  13. A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.
  14. Synonyms:
  15. Examples:
    1. “The vectoring controls can be operated manually by the pilot or automatically by the flight control system.”
      “Eusi noted that the pilot had shut his ship almost completely down.”
      “They commissioned a pilot to test audience reactions to determine if the production of the new series should go ahead.”
pilotage
  1. The use of landmarks to guide a vessel or aircraft to its destination.
  2. The occupation of a pilot.
  3. The fee paid to a pilot.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Evasive action after the bombing was also under the pilotage navigator's direction.”
      “The pure navigational techniques of celestial and dead reckoning should have been superseded at this time by pilotage.”
      “An Electronic Flight Information System provides primary pilotage and navigation displays for the aircrew.”
piloting
pilotry
  1. pilotage; skill in the duties of a pilot
piloter
  1. (rare) One who pilots or steers.
pilotism
  1. (obsolete) pilotry
pilotings
pilotages
piloters
  1. plural of piloter
pilotries
  1. plural of pilotry
pilots
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