navigatornoun [ C ]
uk/ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪ.tər/us/ˈnæv.ə.ɡeɪ.t̬ɚ/a person in a vehicle who decides the direction in which the vehicle travels
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Navigation & shipwrecks
- astrolabe
- buoy
- channel
- chart
- circumnavigate
- lane
- lighthouse
- nautical mile
- navigable
- navigate
- navigation
- navigational
- quadrant
- refloat
- sea lane
- shipwreck
- sonar
- sound
- the doldrums
- wreck
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Air travel: workers on/with aircraft & spacecraft
Examples from literature
- Fred’s a navigator.
- The navigator’s main job is reading the map and choosing the best way to go.