Meanings
nouncircumnavigator (plural circumnavigators)
plural circumnavigators
- 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
Origin
Translations
French circumnavigateur, circumnavigatrice
- circumnavigateura person who sails around the world
- circumnavigatricea person who sails around the world
German Weltumsegler
- Weltumseglera person who sails around the world
Italian circumnavigatore, circumnavigatrice
- circumnavigatorea person who sails around the world
- circumnavigatricea person who sails around the world
Polish osoba opływająca świat
- osoba opływająca świata person who sails around the world
Scottish Gaelic iom-sheòladair
- iom-sheòladaira person who sails around the world
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APA
circumnavigator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumnavigator
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“circumnavigator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumnavigator. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “circumnavigator,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumnavigator.
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