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▪ I. † navigant, n. Obs. rare.
[a. F. navigant, n. use of pres. pple. of naviguer: see navigate v.]
A navigator or voyager.
1527R. Thorne in Hakluyt Voy. (1599) I. 213 Which thing is a great commoditie for the nauigants. 1553Ibid. (1886) III. 19 To be obtained..by humble and heartie praier of the Nauigants. 1594Blundevil Exerc. v. (1636) 571 This Land is new Guinea, so called of the Navigants and Pilots.
▪ II. ˈnavigant, a. rare.
[ad. L. nāvigant-em, pres. pple. of nāvigāre: see next.]
Voyaging.
c1680in Pepys' Life, Jrnl., etc. (1841) II. 203 The Church of England is worthy of your best services, and..needs them. It has been too long navigant in a valley of tears. 1781H. Walpole Let. to Cole 7 July, The church navigant would be an extension of its power. |