navigator

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  1. noun One who navigates.
  2. noun A device that directs the course of an aircraft or missile.

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  • Yet when Moran stared into those strange eyes at close range, he saw a reflection of himself, and he seemed to be the same as the navigator was—turned and shifted in his body, as if the center of his equilibrium had been re­versed. —  Astounding Stories January, 1935
  • My career as a navigator was legally terminated, my contract paid off by the Institute, and my life as a telepath begun. —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 06 - June 1996
  • In that difference you rightly observe that I have always done justice to your skill and ability as a navigator, and to your good intentions towards the safety of the cargo and of the ship's company. —  Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries)
  • Oscar and his mate and his navigator are all bachelors, and they use the Pequod to throw parties on when they're not hunting, so it is more comfortably fitted than the usual hunter-ship. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Four-Day Planet, by H. Beam Piper
  • To the left of the navigator is a small Back button to move back a screen (just like in your Browser). —  Imaging Resource News Page
 

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  1. = French navigateur = Spanish Portuguese navegador = Italian navigatore, navicatore, from Latin navigator, a sailor: see navigate.
 

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/ˈnævɪgeɪtər/
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