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NAVIGATOR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In earlier times, a person who explored by ship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("navigator" is a kind of...):

adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "navigator"):

Juan Ponce de Leon; Ponce de Leon (Spanish explorer who accompanied Columbus on his second trip in 1493; in 1513 he discovered Florida while searching for the legendary Fountain of Youth (1460-1521))

Instance hyponyms:

Americus Vespucius; Amerigo Vespucci; Vespucci (Florentine navigator who explored the coast of South America; America was named in his honor (1454-1512))

Giovanni da Verrazano; Giovanni da Verrazzano; Verrazano; Verrazzano (Florentine navigator who explored the eastern coast of North America (circa 1485-1528))

George Vancouver; Vancouver (English navigator remembered for his exploration of the Pacific coast of North America (1757-1798))

Abel Janszoon Tasman; Abel Tasman; Tasman (Dutch navigator who was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand (1603-1659))

Ferdinand Magellan; Fernao Magalhaes; Magellan (Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain; he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world (1480-1521))

Henry Hudson; Hudson (English navigator who discovered the Hudson River; in 1610 he attempted to winter in Hudson Bay but his crew mutinied and set him adrift to die (1565-1611))

Gray; Robert Gray (American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806))

Gilbert; Humphrey Gilbert; Sir Humphrey Gilbert (English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583))

Frobisher; Sir Martin Frobisher (English explorer who led an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to the orient; served under Drake and helped defeat the Spanish Armada (1535-1594))

Drake; Francis Drake; Sir Francis Drake (English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596))

Bartholomeu Dias; Bartholomeu Diaz; Dias; Diaz (Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500))

Davis; Davys; John Davis; John Davys (English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605))

da Gamma; Gamma; Vasco da Gamma (Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524))

Captain Cook; Captain James Cook; Cook; James Cook (English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779))

Christopher Columbus; Columbus; Cristobal Colon; Cristoforo Colombo (Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506))

Cartier; Jacques Cartier (French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France (1491-1557))

Cabot; Giovanni Cabato; John Cabot (Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498))

Behring; Bering; Vitus Behring; Vitus Bering (Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741))

Balboa; Vasco Nunez de Balboa (Spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien and became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519))

Sense 2

Meaning:

The member of an aircrew who is responsible for the aircraft's course

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("navigator" is a kind of...):

aircrewman (a member of an aircrew)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "navigator"):

astrogator (the navigator of a spacecraft)

Derivation:

navigate (act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The ship's officer in charge of navigation

Synonyms:

navigator; sailing master

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("navigator" is a kind of...):

officer; ship's officer (a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel)

Derivation:

navigate (act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance)

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