test pilot

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

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Questions about test pilot

What does test pilot mean?

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

Is test pilot a common word?

test pilot is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.