TEST PILOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does test pilot mean? 

• TEST PILOT (noun)
  The noun TEST PILOT has 1 sense:

1. a pilot hired to fly experimental airplanes through maneuvers designed to test them

  Familiarity information: TEST PILOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEST PILOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pilot hired to fly experimental airplanes through maneuvers designed to test them

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("test pilot" is a kind of...):

airplane pilot; pilot (someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight)