navigator

[nav-i-gey-ter]

noun

1. a person who navigates.

2. a person who practices, or is skilled in, navigation, as of ships or aircraft.

3. a person who conducts explorations by sea.

4. British.,  a navvy.

navigator

/ ˈnævɪˌɡeɪtə /

noun

1. a person who is skilled in or performs navigation, esp on a ship or aircraft

2. (esp formerly) a person who explores by ship

3. an instrument or device for assisting a pilot to navigate an aircraft

Word History and Origins

Origin of navigator¹

First recorded in 1580–90, navigator is from the Latin word nāvigātor a sailor, mariner. See navigate, -tor

Example Sentences

As navigator, Lovell took with him a sextant to take star readings - in case the computers failed and they had to find their own way home.

From BBC

After the Los Angeles fires, Better Angels built a resource navigator app and set up a relief fund.

From Los Angeles Times

Another change is the creation of a new position in the control room - called "clinical navigators" - who closely monitor the list of those waiting for an ambulance.

From BBC

Taken prisoner and brought on board the ship the Sea Witch is Ben Priestley, a British naval navigator.

From Los Angeles Times

As John Blackthorne, a shipwrecked English navigator who is taken prisoner, he becomes involved in a battle among warlords seeking to become Japan’s supreme military ruler and falls in love with his married interpreter.

From Los Angeles Times

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