Definitions for navigatorˈnæv ɪˌgeɪ tər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

nav•i•ga•torˈnæv ɪˌgeɪ tər(n.)

  1. a person who practices, or is skilled in, navigation.

    Category: Nautical, Navy

  2. a person who conducts explorations by sea.

    Category: Nautical, Navy

Origin of navigator:

1580–90; < L nāvigātor sailor. See navigate

Princeton's WordNet

  1. sailing master, navigator(noun)

    the ship's officer in charge of navigation

  2. navigator(noun)

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

  3. navigator(noun)

    in earlier times, a person who explored by ship

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. navigator(noun)ˈnæv ɪˌgeɪ tər

    sb who navigates

    The co-pilot acts as navigator.

Wiktionary

  1. navigator(Noun)

    a person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft

  2. navigator(Noun)

    a sea explorer

  3. navigator(Noun)

    a device that navigates an aircraft, automobile or missile

  4. navigator(Noun)

    : a labourer on an engineering project such as a canal; a navvy

Webster Dictionary

  1. Navigator(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; as, Bowditch's Navigator


Translations for navigator

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

navigator(noun)

a person who navigates.

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