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Webster 1913 Edition


Navigator

Nav′i-gaˊtor

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Noun.
One who navigates or sails; esp., one who direct the course of a ship, or one who is skillful in the art of navigation; also, a book which teaches the art of navigation;
as, Bowditch’s
Navigator
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Navigator

NAVIGATOR

,
Noun.
One that navigates or sails; chiefly, one who directs the course of a ship, or one who is skillful in the art of navigation. We say, a bold navigator, an experienced navigator, an able navigator.

Definition 2024


navigator

navigator

English

Noun

navigator (plural navigators)

  1. a person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft
  2. a sea explorer
  3. a device that navigates an aircraft, automobile or missile
  4. (obsolete): a labourer on an engineering project such as a canal; a navvy

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Latin

Verb

nāvigātor

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

References


Romanian

Etymology

From French navigateur, Italian navigatore.

Noun

navigator m (plural navigatori)

  1. navigator