Chief and Pilot

Chief

Chief noun - The main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts.

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Pilot and chief are semantically related in leader topic. In some cases you can use "Pilot" instead a noun "Chief".

Nearby Word: chiefly

Pilot noun - One who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft.

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Chief and pilot are semantically related in person topic. Sometimes you can use "Chief" instead a noun "Pilot", if it concerns topics such as leader.

Nearby Words: piloted, piloting, pilotage, pilothouse

old	old chief	old pilot
female	female chief	female pilot
typical	typical chief	typical pilot
current	current chief	current pilot
Other adjectives: original, dead, actual, real, bad, mercenary, main, famous, new, former, military, retired, next, last, competent.

The chief surgeon, Doctor Kyle, was replaced by Doctor Franklin (although technically that was a third episode substitute; neither of them appears in the episode after the pilot).

Source: Second Episode Substitute
Played with for what little is seen of fighter combat in The Flight Engineer (the series revolves around a space carrier, but the hero is the fighter squadron's chief engineer instead of a pilot).

Source: Old-School Dogfight
Chief Quimby was voiced by John Stephenson in the pilot, by Dan Hennessy in the first season, and then by Maurice LaMarche in the second season.

Source: The Other Darrin / Western Animation

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