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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Other analyses of career navigation programs explain specific elements like the role of career navigators.
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Bruno V. Manno, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Place the pilot and his navigator in a comfortable long-distance seating position, then build the cockpit and vehicle architecture around them.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
After setting out from Florida, Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, traveled for more than 20,000 miles, making stops in South America, Africa, India and New Guinea.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
In the days before GPS and radio direction finders, this was how the plane's navigator would fix their position – by using the stars.
—New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2024
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Bruno V. Manno, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Place the pilot and his navigator in a comfortable long-distance seating position, then build the cockpit and vehicle architecture around them.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
After setting out from Florida, Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, traveled for more than 20,000 miles, making stops in South America, Africa, India and New Guinea.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
In the days before GPS and radio direction finders, this was how the plane's navigator would fix their position – by using the stars.
—New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Navigator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/navigator. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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