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circumnavigator|sɜːkəmˈnævɪgeɪtə(r)|
[f. circumnavigate, on L. analogies: see -or.]
One who circumnavigates; spec. one who circumnavigates the earth.
1770Guthrie Geog. (T.), Magellan's honour of being the first circumnavigator has been disputed in favour of..Drake. 1789Mrs. Piozzi Journ. France I. 274 Our circumnavigator Captain Cook. 1818Monthly Rev. LXXXV. 487 The first circumnavigators of Africa. 1845De Quincey Coleridge & Opium-eating Wks. 1862 XI. 75 A circumnavigator on the most pathless waters of..metaphysics. |