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

The teenagers are just a few years younger than the pilots, navigators, air gunners, and wireless operators whose names and ages are recorded on the headstones.

From BBC

It was a predictably unpredictable morning for Omura, a housing navigator employed by the South Bay city and the field leader for an aggressive program to reduce homelessness on its streets to a bare minimum.

From Los Angeles Times

He had been the navigator in one of the marked police vehicles.

From BBC

He also cut funds for nonprofit groups that employ “navigators,” those who help people in the individual market understand their options and sign up, by roughly 40%, to $36.8 million from $62.5 million.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr Blake, referred to as NX121, was the navigator in one of six vehicles that joined the police convoy before a decision was made to stop the Audi.

From BBC

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