Voyager
Americannoun
noun
Explanation
A voyager is someone who goes on a long trip, especially if he travels in a ship. Historically, voyagers have often been explorers. A voyage is a long trip to a faraway land, and people who go on voyages are called voyagers. You're most likely to find this word describing sea travelers, like the explorers Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellan. Because of its association with long, uncertain journeys, the word voyager has often been used for naming spaceships in science fiction and real life. Voyager has a Latin root, viaticum, which means "a journey."
Example Sentences
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The firm, which transferred coverage of Voyager and Planet Labs to Brandeis on Tuesday, lowered its target for Voyager to $46 per share from $50 a share.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Both Voyager Therapeutics and Sangamo Therapeutics are developing capsids that first open blood-brain portals, then deliver genetic cargoes to brain cells.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Pure-play space stocks, including those two as well as Planet Labs, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines, RedWire, York Space Systems, and Voyager Technologies, trade for an average of roughly 75 times trailing sales.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
Voyager CEO Dylan Taylor recently told MarketWatch that he expects SpaceX’s IPO to be “super positive” for the broader space industry.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
The two Voyager spacecraft are bound for the stars.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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