pilot-majorn.

Brit.

/ˌpʌɪlətˈmeɪdʒə/, U.S.

/ˌpaɪlətˈmeɪdʒər/

Forms: 1500s pilott maior, 1500s pylot maior, 1600s pilote maior, 1700s– pilot major.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Spanish lexical item. Etymons: pilot n., major adj.

Etymology: Apparently < pilot n. + major adj., after Spanish piloto mayor (1495 or earlier). Compare later major n.²

Nautical. Now historical.

A chief pilot.Used chiefly in the 16th and 17th centuries as an honorary title conferred on a distinguished navigator or sailor.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > helmsman or pilot > skilled pilot or navigator

pilot-major1562

navigator1574

sea-artist1669

1562 in D. Waters Art of Navigation in Eng. in Elizabethan & Early Stuart Times (1958) 513 The office of Pilott maior ys allowed and estemed in Spaigne Portingale and other places.

1577 J. Dee Gen. Mem. Arte Nauig. 3 But, other also, is most nedefull for him to be fraught withall, that shall be allowed for an exact Hydrographer, Pylot-Maior, Arche-Pylot, [etc.].

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xi. 155 Cape de Vert, from whence the Pilote maior returned to Peru.

1738 W. Keith Hist. Brit. Plantations in Amer. 23 Cabot..obtain'd the Office of Pilot-major to the Emperor then reigning in Spain.

1789 W. Barrett Hist. & Antiq. Bristol vi. 172 He..was after constituted pilot major to Spain.

1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 72 Richard Chancellor, pilot-major of the fleet.

1894 Daily News 18 Sept. 6/1 Vespucci..was finally appointed Pilot-Major to the King of Spain.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 181/1 He shipped as pilot major with a little fleet of five ships despatched from the Texel in 1598.

1955 A. L. Rowse Expansion of Elizabethan Eng. 202 John Davis went as pilot-major of the fleet.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pilot-major
释义	pilot-majorn. Brit. /ˌpʌɪlətˈmeɪdʒə/, U.S. /ˌpaɪlətˈmeɪdʒər/ Forms: 1500s pilott maior, 1500s pylot maior, 1600s pilote maior, 1700s– pilot major. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Spanish lexical item. Etymons: pilot n., major adj. Etymology: Apparently < pilot n. + major adj., after Spanish piloto mayor (1495 or earlier). Compare later major n.² Nautical. Now historical. A chief pilot.Used chiefly in the 16th and 17th centuries as an honorary title conferred on a distinguished navigator or sailor. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > helmsman or pilot > skilled pilot or navigator pilot-major1562 navigator1574 sea-artist1669 1562 in D. Waters Art of Navigation in Eng. in Elizabethan & Early Stuart Times (1958) 513 The office of Pilott maior ys allowed and estemed in Spaigne Portingale and other places. 1577 J. Dee Gen. Mem. Arte Nauig. 3 But, other also, is most nedefull for him to be fraught withall, that shall be allowed for an exact Hydrographer, Pylot-Maior, Arche-Pylot, [etc.]. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xi. 155 Cape de Vert, from whence the Pilote maior returned to Peru. 1738 W. Keith Hist. Brit. Plantations in Amer. 23 Cabot..obtain'd the Office of Pilot-major to the Emperor then reigning in Spain. 1789 W. Barrett Hist. & Antiq. Bristol vi. 172 He..was after constituted pilot major to Spain. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 72 Richard Chancellor, pilot-major of the fleet. 1894 Daily News 18 Sept. 6/1 Vespucci..was finally appointed Pilot-Major to the King of Spain. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 181/1 He shipped as pilot major with a little fleet of five ships despatched from the Texel in 1598. 1955 A. L. Rowse Expansion of Elizabethan Eng. 202 John Davis went as pilot-major of the fleet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1562
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