as in sailor
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
our crew comprised a captain, a navigator, and a few deckhands
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Recent Examples of navigator
Two French Rafale fighter jets’ two-man crews — a pilot and a navigator — were seen racing in two vans to the planes’ hangars from the headquarters building the French detachment uses during its four-month deployment on the air base.
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ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Gael García Bernal is central to this drama as the Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish push into Southwest Asia.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Middleware companies risk becoming the next such layer — essential navigators of fragmentation that remind us the underlying architecture was never designed to work as a whole.
—Celina Yong, STAT, 16 Apr. 2026
Lynch takes all kinds of big swings, especially with the world-building and design—the guild navigator fish tanks, the block-y digital force fields, the inflatable Harkonens, and more.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Gael García Bernal is central to this drama as the Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish push into Southwest Asia.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Middleware companies risk becoming the next such layer — essential navigators of fragmentation that remind us the underlying architecture was never designed to work as a whole.
—Celina Yong, STAT, 16 Apr. 2026
Lynch takes all kinds of big swings, especially with the world-building and design—the guild navigator fish tanks, the block-y digital force fields, the inflatable Harkonens, and more.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for navigator
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This beloved waterfront café has its roots in a sailor’s legend, adding a layer of charm and storytelling to every visit.—
Abby Price,
Southern Living,
1 May 2026
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Three sailors were injured in the incident and have since returned to duty.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Apr. 2026
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There is now a backlog of nearly 19,000 merchant mariner credentials – representing roughly 10% of the entire workforce – along with roughly 5,000 medical certifications.—
Nicole Sganga,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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My friends had made the man sound an ancient mariner, an invalid widower, near dead from a lurid litany of injuries.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Navigator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/navigator. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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