Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who navigates.
- noun A device that directs the course of an aircraft or missile.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who navigates or sails; especially, one who directs the course of a ship, or is skilful in the art of navigation.
- noun A laborer on a “navigation” or canal (see
navigation , 4), or on a railway. Now usually abbreviated navvy (seenavvy ).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a person who
navigates , especially anofficer with thatresponsibility on aship or anaircrew member with that responsibility on anaircraft - noun a
sea explorer - noun a
device that navigates an aircraft,automobile ormissile - noun obsolete : a
labourer on anengineering project such as acanal ; anavvy
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the ship's officer in charge of navigation
- noun in earlier times, a person who explored by ship
- noun the member of an aircrew who is responsible for the aircraft's course
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Examples
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Graphics are then permanently applied to the device casing by CafePress, at no charge, before the navigator is shipped to your home.
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Champlain -- navigator, map-maker, writer, diplomat and statesman -- was above all convinced that Canada could be home to goodness and greatness.
Canada, France and Europe: Is the Atlantic Ocean Shrinking? 2002
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Edmondson, the navigator from the previous night's mission, to go along on this one because of his experience from the night before.
Smith, George C. 1990
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Edmondson, the navigator from the previous night's mission, to go along on this one because of his experience from the night before.
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Edmondson, the navigator from the previous night's mission, to go along on this one because of his experience from the night before.
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Edmondson, the navigator from the previous night's mission, to go along on this one because of his experience from the night before.
Morgan, Herschel S. 1977
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Edmondson, the navigator from the previous night's mission, to go along on this one because of his experience from the night before.
Vohden, Raymond A. 1977
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Considering the obstacle course over which American economic policy-makers must manoeuvre, the navigator is called upon to display unusual skill and intuitive judgment.
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This is a contrast particularly present in our minds at the very time when the Northwest Passage, that romantic dream of the navigator from the very beginning of the exploration of the American continent, a dream which was to prove the death of so many, is once again a matter of present exploration, with the ghosts of Frobisher and Franklin watching the progress of the Manhattan and her accompanying icebreakers.
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Edmondson, the navigator from the previous night's mission, to go along on this one because of his experience from the night before.
Harworth, Elroy E. 1966
chained_bear commented on the word navigator
See also navvy. Now rare meaning: a construction worker; specifically a labourer employed in the construction of (originally) a canal, (now freq.) a road, railway, etc.
Usage:
Navigator, Navigator rise up and be strong
The morning is here and there's work to be done.
Take your pick and your shovel and the bold dynamite
For to shift a few tons of this earthly delight...
Their mark on this land is still seen and still laid
The way for a commerce where vast fortunes were made
The supply of an Empire where the sun never set
Which is now deep in darkness, but the railway's there yet.
--"Navigator," the Pogues, lyrics c. 1985 Shane Macgowan
Usage: 1969 J. FOWLES _The French Lieutenant's Woman_ xii. 90 ‘I feel like an Irish navigator transported into a queen's boudoir,’ complained Charles, as he kissed Ernestina's fingers in a way that showed he would in fact have made a very poor Irish navvy.
February 7, 2007