English

Noun

circumnavigator ‎(plural circumnavigators)

1. A person who circumnavigates; that is, sails around the world.
   • 1881, Symon's monthly meteorological magazine (page 59)

     If you question a seaman on the subject, whether mere coaster or circumnavigator, he will tell you that in a snow-storm, because of its constant eddyings and gyrations, frequent trimming of sails is more necessary than in any other gale […]

Hypernyms

• navigator

Translations

Quotations

• W. Guthrie (1770). "Magellan's honour of being the first circumnavigator has been disputed in favor of the brave Sir Francis Drake."

References

• Charles Augustus Maude Fennell; John Frederick Stanford (1892) The Stanford Dictionary of Anglicised Words and Phrases, University Press, page 248

Latin

Verb

circumnāvigātor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of circumnāvigō
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of circumnāvigō