navigator

noun

nav·​i·​ga·​tor ˈna-və-ˌgā-tər How to pronounce navigator (audio)
: one that navigates or is qualified to navigate

Examples of navigator in a Sentence

The crew includes a copilot and a navigator. Would you be willing to act as navigator while I drive? The ship is equipped with a satellite navigator.
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Christian Braun has matured as a pick-and-roll navigator. Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025 Spain's Casa de Contratación created standardized navigator certification programs—perhaps history's first technical bootcamp. Solange Charas, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025 In addition to security guards, the Magnolia lot is to have a case manager and housing navigator who can meet weekly with residents. Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025 Her character, the increasingly panicked Nostromo navigator Joan Lambert, can’t claim the same renown that Weaver’s heroic Ellen Ripley inspired, but Lambert maintains an unimpeachable place in the genre canon nonetheless. Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for navigator

Word History

First Known Use

1574, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of navigator was in 1574

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“Navigator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/navigator. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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navigator

noun
nav·​i·​ga·​tor ˈnav-ə-ˌgāt-ər How to pronounce navigator (audio)
: one that navigates or is qualified to navigate

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