Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One who navigates.
- n. A device that directs the course of an aircraft or missile.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who navigates or sails; especially, one who directs the course of a ship, or is skilful in the art of navigation. In the merchant marine the commanding officer usually navigates the vessel; in men-of-war, of nearly all nationalities, one of the line-officers or executive officers (in the United States navy the third in rank) is detailed for that duty. In the United states navy the navigator, in addition to his other duties, has charge of the log-book, of the steering-gear, of the anchors and chains, and of the stowage of the hold, and has also general supervision of the ordnance and ordnance-stores.
- n. A laborer on a “navigation” or canal (see navigation, 4), or on a railway. Now usually abbreviated navvy (see navvy).
Wiktionary
- n. a person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft
- n. a sea explorer
- n. a device that navigates an aircraft, automobile or missile
- n. obsolete : a labourer on an engineering project such as a canal; a navvy
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. 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.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the ship's officer in charge of navigation
- n. in earlier times, a person who explored by ship
- n. the member of an aircrew who is responsible for the aircraft's course
Examples
“Graphics are then permanently applied to the device casing by CafePress, at no charge, before the navigator is shipped to your home.”
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“Champlain -- navigator, map-maker, writer, diplomat and statesman -- was above all convinced that Canada could be home to goodness and greatness.”
“Considering the obstacle course over which American economic policy-makers must manoeuvre, the navigator is called upon to display unusual skill and intuitive judgment.”
“This is a contrast particularly present in our minds at the very time when the Northwest Passage, that romantic dream of the navigator from the very beginning of the exploration of the American continent, a dream which was to prove the death of so many, is once again a matter of present exploration, with the ghosts of Frobisher and Franklin watching the progress of the Manhattan and her accompanying icebreakers.”
“Edmondson, the navigator from the previous night's mission, to go along on this one because of his experience from the night before.”
“There wasn't a scientist worthy of the name in the whole outfit, unless you call the navigator, Captain Bartholomew, an astronomer, which is certainly begging the question.”
“At the Lauren center, for example, patients are assigned a "navigator" -- an employee charged with walking them through the different phases of their diagnosis and care.”
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“But the pilot program, which begins in July, puts a client with a "navigator" -- the new term for "case manager" -- who will help the client with jobs, independent living skills, family relations and other challenges to sobriety.”
“Garmin’s nuvi 775T Portable GPS Navigator - This car navigator is one of the bestof the Garminseries.”
“A GPS navigator is another thing I’ve never wanted to shell out for, but if this is priced reasonably in the iTunes store, I’d go for it.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘navigator’.
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POL - people in power
daredevil, tzar, king, boss, master, commander, chief, kingpin, top banana, bigwig, big cheese, big wheel and 452 more...
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Brand Theft Auto
A marque list for cars--models or companies who've used common words as their name.
explorer, navigator, frontier, mustang, quest, cougar, sidekick, legend, legacy, ranger, voyager, civic and 266 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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The Pogues
transmetropolitan, lecher, queer, shite, whore, bastard, spew, bloody, waxie's dargle, farthing, pint, races and 91 more...
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Tunie: Navigator
by the Pogues, on the LP "Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash." Lyrics copyright 1985 P. Gaston (according to the Pogues website).
The canals and the bridges, the embankments and cuts,
The...railway, darkness, empire, supply, fortunes, vast, commerce, laid, mark, sleep, peace, death and 34 more...
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Surf It Scroll It Click It Load It
A list of web browsers.
explorer, firefox, safari, opera, mosaic, navigator, mozilla, songbird, lynx, chrome, flock, camino and 1 more...
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Vega's much-loved and adored
aeolian, valiant, alate, alary, irenic, hyaline, halcyon, imperial, empire, empyrean, aileron, aether and 57 more...
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sleepythief's favorite words:
susurrate, dovecote, apiary, grove, halcyon, obfuscate, prairie, prithee, inamorata, catacombs, pari passu, stravage and 30 more...
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Spelling List
Words I need to learn to spell
museum, stochastic, exaggerate, career, navigator, academy, syndication, recommend, quotient
Tweets
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chained_bear See also navvy. Now rare meaning: a construction worker; specifically a labourer employed in the construction of (originally) a canal, (now freq.) a road, railway, etc.
Usage:
Navigator, Navigator rise up and be strong
The morning is here and there's work to be done.
Take your pick and your shovel and the bold dynamite
For to shift a few tons of this earthly delight...
Their mark on this land is still seen and still laid
The way for a commerce where vast fortunes were made
The supply of an Empire where the sun never set
Which is now deep in darkness, but the railway's there yet.
--"Navigator," the Pogues, lyrics c. 1985 Shane Macgowan
Usage: 1969 J. FOWLES _The French Lieutenant's Woman_ xii. 90 ‘I feel like an Irish navigator transported into a queen's boudoir,’ complained Charles, as he kissed Ernestina's fingers in a way that showed he would in fact have made a very poor Irish navvy. Feb 6, 2007