circumnavigatorn.
/səːkəmˈnavɪɡeɪtə/ One who circumnavigates; spec. one who circumnavigates the earth.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > who sails in specific waters
channeller?1574
coaster1574
shore-creeper1599
riverman1612
circumnavigator1770
canaller1796
laker1838
river runner1913
1770 W. Guthrie New Geogr. Gram. (T.) Magellan's honour of being the first circumnavigator has been disputed in favour of..Drake.
1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 274 Our circumnavigator Captain Cook.
1818 Monthly Rev. 85 487 The first circumnavigators of Africa.
1845 T. De Quincey Coleridge & Opium-eating in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 118/2 A circumnavigator on the most pathless waters of..metaphysics.
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