nav|i|ga|tor

nav|i|ga|tor
nav|i|ga|tor «NAV uh GAY tuhr», noun.
1. a person who has charge of the navigating of a ship or aircraft or who is skilled in navigating: »

Navigators on ships and aircraft must work mathematical problems to find where they are in relation to landmarks and stars (P. V. H. Weems).

2. a person who sails the seas: »

The navigator set out on his long voyage.

3. an explorer of the seas: »

Columbus, Magellan, and other great navigators.

4. British. a navvy.
╂[< Latin nāvigātor < nāvigāre; see etym. under navigate (Cf. ↑navigate)]

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