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circumnavigator

circumnavigator noun: a person who circumnavigates, that is, sails around the world.

Noun

circumnavigator (plural circumnavigators)

  1. A person who circumnavigates, that is, sails around the world.
    • If you question a seaman on the subject, whether mere coaster or circumnavigator, he will tell you that in a snow-storm, because of its constant eddyings and gyrations, frequent trimming of sails is more necessary than in any other gale[…]1881, Symon's monthly meteorological magazine, page 59

Forms of circumnavigator

pluralcircumnavigators

Origin of circumnavigator

From circumnavigate + -or.

Questions about circumnavigator

What does circumnavigator mean?
Circumnavigator means a person who circumnavigates, that is, sails around the world.
What part of speech is circumnavigator?
Circumnavigator is a noun.
What is the plural of circumnavigator?
The plural of circumnavigator is circumnavigators.

Words near circumnavigator in the dictionary

  1. circumnavigating
  2. circumnavigation
  3. circumnavigational
  4. circumnavigationally
  5. circumnavigations
  6. circumnavigator
  7. circumnavigators
  8. circumnavigatory
  9. circumnebular
  10. circumneutral
  11. circumnuclear

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