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sky-pilot Slang 
n. a clergyman; missionary; chaplain.
See also: sky agent
- 1889 . . . The "Sky-pilot" and "Gospel-grinder" dispense "soul-grub" to the cow-boys and adventurous settlers among the foot-hills of the Rocky Mountains. . . .
- 1907 A couple of partially crazy sky pilots . . . spoke in a most disparaging and insulting manner of the Mormons of Alberta.
- 1955 When Alberta was young, a missionary was also hunter, doctor, teacher, civilizer, counsellor and friend, prophet and statesman. They were a sturdy breed, most of those early "sky pilots."
- 1889 . . . The "Sky-pilot" and "Gospel-grinder" dispense "soul-grub" to the cow-boys and adventurous settlers among the foot-hills of the Rocky Mountains. . . .