navigatorn.

Brit.

/ˈnavᵻɡeɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈnævəˌɡeɪdər/

Forms: 1500s–1600s nauigator, 1600s navigatour, 1600s– navigator, 1800s– nabigator (English regional (Somerset)).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nāvigātor.

Etymology: < classical Latin nāvigātor person who sails a ship < nāvigāt- , past participial stem of nāvigāre navigate v. + -or -or suffix. Compare Italian navigatore (14th cent.), Middle French navigateur (1529).

1. A person who navigates.

a. A sailor, esp. one skilled and experienced in navigation, or responsible for directing the course of a particular vessel. Also: a person who conducts an exploration by sea (now chiefly historical).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun]

shipmanc900

seamanOE

buscarlOE

shipperc1100

ship-gumec1275

marinerc1300

skipper1390

marinela1400

waterman1421

maryneller1470

seafarer1513

sea-fardingera1550

navigator1574

marinec1575

sailer1585

Triton1589

Neptunist1593

canvas-climber1609

sea-crab1609

tar-lubber1610

Neptunian1620

salt-rover1620

sailora1642

tarpaulin1647

otter1650

water dog1652

tarpauliana1656

Jack1659

tar1676

sea-animal1707

Jack tar1709

sailor-man1761

tarry-breeks1786

hearty1790

ocean-farera1806

tarry-jacket1822

Jacky1826

nautical1831

salt water1839

matelotc1847

knight of the tar-brush1866

main-yard man1867

gobby1883

tarry-John1888

blue jersey1889

lobscouser1889

flat-foot1897

handyman1899

society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > helmsman or pilot > skilled pilot or navigator

pilot-major1562

navigator1574

sea-artist1669

1574 B. Rich Right Exelent Dialogue Mercury & Eng. Souldier sig. D1 It shoulde bee..for hys redyer vnderstandyng that woulde be a Nauigator, to ouersee such rules as are prescribed by the Cosmographier.

1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 49 He that at euerie gust puts to the Lee shall neuer be good Nauigator.

1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. xi. 234 Our times haue brought forth..the most excellent Nauigators of all ages.

a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) 17 Every Seaman of industry and ingenuity, is not only a Navigator, but a Merchant.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 2 The several Navigators whose Voyages round the World have been publish'd.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. i. 17 The enterprising spirit which had prompted the navigators of Tyre.

1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer I. iv. 113 I soon became an expert navigator and a good practical seaman.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxvi. 451 ‘And I,’ says Bill, ‘am going to buy a quadrant and ship for navigator of a Hingham packet!’

1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker viii. 133 I could see that Captain Trent had established himself in the public mind as a gentleman and a thorough navigator.

1918 J. London Sel. Stories 981 They had laughed at the old navigator's child-like credulity.

1969 Jrnl. Inst. Navigation 22 352 The ship's head up presentation..corresponds completely with the visual presentation as taken in by the navigator on the bridge.

1984 A. C. Duxbury & A. Duxbury Introd. World's Oceans i. 11 The first cartographers and navigators had considerable difficulty.

b. Originally (in full aerial (also air) navigator): a balloonist; = aeronaut n. 1 (now rare). Now usually: a person who plots and directs the course of an aircraft or spacecraft.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > crew of aircraft or spacecraft > member of crew > with specific duties

navigator1784

motor-mate1928

flight engineer1938

loadmaster1961

nav1961

1784 Universal Mag. 74 20/1 But they soon lost sight of our aerial navigators.

1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 442 Mr. Graham, another aërial navigator, let off another balloon.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. v. 53/2 A hapless air-navigator, plunging, amid torn parachutes, sand-bags, and confused wreck, fast enough, into the jaws of the Devil!

1909 Westm. Gaz. 9 Feb. 4/1 Pointing out how the flying-machine is likely to violate every international law and rudely trespass on every private right and privilege, characterising the intrepid navigators as air-hogs and human vultures.

1936 Forum & Cent. July 36/2 Suppose that a breed of space navigators has begun to appear on earth.

1951 Oxf. Junior Encycl. IV. 290/2 Once in flight, the navigator's task is continually to ‘fix’ his position by observations.

1989 Aircraft Illustr. Feb. 101/1 The amount of time involved in navigational training arises because there is no separate rank of Navigator in the Spanish Air Force.

c. A person who directs the course of a motor vehicle; a person who map-reads for, or gives directions to, the driver of a motor vehicle.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of motor vehicle > navigator of motor vehicle

navigator1950

1950 M. Laski in Contact May–June 26/1 It is..possible to take an extended motor-trip abroad without ever coming into contact with the Art of Navigation... Far better to become an Accomplished Navigator, and be free of all roads everywhere.

1971 ‘D. Rutherford’ Clear Fast Lane 37 Grant would be responsible for everything to do with the car..whilst Ritchie, who would act as his navigator, would be responsible for maps, routes and the latest road information.

a. [compare navigation n. 6.] = navvy n.¹ 1. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > earth-movers, etc. > [noun] > one who digs other structures

hill-digger1521

sinker1584

pondcaster1602

navigator1775

dammer1816

navvy1829

muck-shifter1856

1775 in J. P. Earwaker Hist. Anc. Parish Sandbach (1890) 284 Above forty of the Navigators, now working near Hassal.

1800 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 1130/2 Some foundations of buildings were also discovered [in making a canal]..; but Navigators are not very curious in these matters.

1819 Q. Rev. 21 396 Seven old navigators (as canal-men are called in the midland counties).

1846 Ld. Stanley in Croker Papers (1884) III. 86 I was assured..that the railway navigators..consume on an average two pounds of meat daily.

1890 J. H. Stirling Gifford Lect. xiv. 276 What a strong healthy fellow is the navigator on the line.

1922 S. J. Weyman Ovington's Bank v. 56 A pack of navigators..robbing hen-roosts, raising wages and teaching honest folks tricks.

1969 J. Fowles French Lieutenant's Woman xii. 90 ‘I feel like an Irish navigator transported into a queen's boudoir,’ complained Charles, as he kissed Ernestina's fingers in a way that showed he would in fact have made a very poor Irish navvy.

†b. English regional. A type of narrow spade. Cf. navigation spade n. at navigation n. Compounds 2. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > spade > narrow spade

spud1667

spit-shovel1678

spit1828

navigator1879

1879 R. Jefferies Amateur Poacher xi. 197 A ‘navigator’, or draining-tool. This is a narrow spade of specially stout make; the blade..resembles an exaggerated gouge.

3. Computing.

a. A person who searches large computer databases; spec. one who searches the internet.

ΚΠ

1973 Communications ACM 16 654/1 This revolution in thinking is changing the programmer from a stationary viewer of objects passing before him..into a mobile navigator who is able to probe and traverse a database at will.

1989 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) 6 Feb. c1 For a price, these computer database navigators will conduct on-line searches and deliver the information a business or individual needs.

1995 Sci. Amer. Sept. 161/2 Indexing programs such as Archie, Veronica and various ‘World Wide Web crawlers’ that aid internet navigators today.

b. A program which searches for and locates data about a specified topic from the internet or other data collection; a browser; (more widely) any program or device designed to help a user move around an interface, program, etc.When part of a proprietary name for such a program, also with capital initial.

ΘΚΠ

society > computing and information technology > data > database > [noun] > access or retrieval > searching > means of

search engine1978

browser1980

navigator1988

crawler1994

1988 InfoWorld 18 Jan. 29/2 When on-line, Compuserve Navigator can access information in databases faster than a user can manually.

1993 Computergram Internat. (BNC) 19 May Its Data Navigator enables users to access data, across a network, from Ingres, Oracle, Sybase and ASCII tables.

1995 .net Feb. 66/1 It's currently developing its own Internet navigator software.

2000 Intelligent Enterprise (Nexis) 8 Sept. Verity offers tools including an information server, Web crawler, document navigator, and classification tool.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	navigator
释义	navigatorn. Brit. /ˈnavᵻɡeɪtə/, U.S. /ˈnævəˌɡeɪdər/ Forms: 1500s–1600s nauigator, 1600s navigatour, 1600s– navigator, 1800s– nabigator (English regional (Somerset)). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nāvigātor. Etymology: < classical Latin nāvigātor person who sails a ship < nāvigāt- , past participial stem of nāvigāre navigate v. + -or -or suffix. Compare Italian navigatore (14th cent.), Middle French navigateur (1529). 1. A person who navigates. a. A sailor, esp. one skilled and experienced in navigation, or responsible for directing the course of a particular vessel. Also: a person who conducts an exploration by sea (now chiefly historical). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] shipmanc900 seamanOE buscarlOE shipperc1100 ship-gumec1275 marinerc1300 skipper1390 marinela1400 waterman1421 maryneller1470 seafarer1513 sea-fardingera1550 navigator1574 marinec1575 sailer1585 Triton1589 Neptunist1593 canvas-climber1609 sea-crab1609 tar-lubber1610 Neptunian1620 salt-rover1620 sailora1642 tarpaulin1647 otter1650 water dog1652 tarpauliana1656 Jack1659 tar1676 sea-animal1707 Jack tar1709 sailor-man1761 tarry-breeks1786 hearty1790 ocean-farera1806 tarry-jacket1822 Jacky1826 nautical1831 salt water1839 matelotc1847 knight of the tar-brush1866 main-yard man1867 gobby1883 tarry-John1888 blue jersey1889 lobscouser1889 flat-foot1897 handyman1899 society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > helmsman or pilot > skilled pilot or navigator pilot-major1562 navigator1574 sea-artist1669 1574 B. Rich Right Exelent Dialogue Mercury & Eng. Souldier sig. D1 It shoulde bee..for hys redyer vnderstandyng that woulde be a Nauigator, to ouersee such rules as are prescribed by the Cosmographier. 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 49 He that at euerie gust puts to the Lee shall neuer be good Nauigator. 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. xi. 234 Our times haue brought forth..the most excellent Nauigators of all ages. a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) 17 Every Seaman of industry and ingenuity, is not only a Navigator, but a Merchant. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 2 The several Navigators whose Voyages round the World have been publish'd. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. i. 17 The enterprising spirit which had prompted the navigators of Tyre. 1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer I. iv. 113 I soon became an expert navigator and a good practical seaman. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxvi. 451 ‘And I,’ says Bill, ‘am going to buy a quadrant and ship for navigator of a Hingham packet!’ 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker viii. 133 I could see that Captain Trent had established himself in the public mind as a gentleman and a thorough navigator. 1918 J. London Sel. Stories 981 They had laughed at the old navigator's child-like credulity. 1969 Jrnl. Inst. Navigation 22 352 The ship's head up presentation..corresponds completely with the visual presentation as taken in by the navigator on the bridge. 1984 A. C. Duxbury & A. Duxbury Introd. World's Oceans i. 11 The first cartographers and navigators had considerable difficulty. b. Originally (in full aerial (also air) navigator): a balloonist; = aeronaut n. 1 (now rare). Now usually: a person who plots and directs the course of an aircraft or spacecraft. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > crew of aircraft or spacecraft > member of crew > with specific duties navigator1784 motor-mate1928 flight engineer1938 loadmaster1961 nav1961 1784 Universal Mag. 74 20/1 But they soon lost sight of our aerial navigators. 1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 442 Mr. Graham, another aërial navigator, let off another balloon. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. v. 53/2 A hapless air-navigator, plunging, amid torn parachutes, sand-bags, and confused wreck, fast enough, into the jaws of the Devil! 1909 Westm. Gaz. 9 Feb. 4/1 Pointing out how the flying-machine is likely to violate every international law and rudely trespass on every private right and privilege, characterising the intrepid navigators as air-hogs and human vultures. 1936 Forum & Cent. July 36/2 Suppose that a breed of space navigators has begun to appear on earth. 1951 Oxf. Junior Encycl. IV. 290/2 Once in flight, the navigator's task is continually to ‘fix’ his position by observations. 1989 Aircraft Illustr. Feb. 101/1 The amount of time involved in navigational training arises because there is no separate rank of Navigator in the Spanish Air Force. c. A person who directs the course of a motor vehicle; a person who map-reads for, or gives directions to, the driver of a motor vehicle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of motor vehicle > navigator of motor vehicle navigator1950 1950 M. Laski in Contact May–June 26/1 It is..possible to take an extended motor-trip abroad without ever coming into contact with the Art of Navigation... Far better to become an Accomplished Navigator, and be free of all roads everywhere. 1971 ‘D. Rutherford’ Clear Fast Lane 37 Grant would be responsible for everything to do with the car..whilst Ritchie, who would act as his navigator, would be responsible for maps, routes and the latest road information. 2. a. [compare navigation n. 6.] = navvy n.¹ 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > earth-movers, etc. > [noun] > one who digs other structures hill-digger1521 sinker1584 pondcaster1602 navigator1775 dammer1816 navvy1829 muck-shifter1856 1775 in J. P. Earwaker Hist. Anc. Parish Sandbach (1890) 284 Above forty of the Navigators, now working near Hassal. 1800 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 1130/2 Some foundations of buildings were also discovered [in making a canal]..; but Navigators are not very curious in these matters. 1819 Q. Rev. 21 396 Seven old navigators (as canal-men are called in the midland counties). 1846 Ld. Stanley in Croker Papers (1884) III. 86 I was assured..that the railway navigators..consume on an average two pounds of meat daily. 1890 J. H. Stirling Gifford Lect. xiv. 276 What a strong healthy fellow is the navigator on the line. 1922 S. J. Weyman Ovington's Bank v. 56 A pack of navigators..robbing hen-roosts, raising wages and teaching honest folks tricks. 1969 J. Fowles French Lieutenant's Woman xii. 90 ‘I feel like an Irish navigator transported into a queen's boudoir,’ complained Charles, as he kissed Ernestina's fingers in a way that showed he would in fact have made a very poor Irish navvy. †b. English regional. A type of narrow spade. Cf. navigation spade n. at navigation n. Compounds 2. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > spade > narrow spade spud1667 spit-shovel1678 spit1828 navigator1879 1879 R. Jefferies Amateur Poacher xi. 197 A ‘navigator’, or draining-tool. This is a narrow spade of specially stout make; the blade..resembles an exaggerated gouge. 3. Computing. a. A person who searches large computer databases; spec. one who searches the internet. ΚΠ 1973 Communications ACM 16 654/1 This revolution in thinking is changing the programmer from a stationary viewer of objects passing before him..into a mobile navigator who is able to probe and traverse a database at will. 1989 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) 6 Feb. c1 For a price, these computer database navigators will conduct on-line searches and deliver the information a business or individual needs. 1995 Sci. Amer. Sept. 161/2 Indexing programs such as Archie, Veronica and various ‘World Wide Web crawlers’ that aid internet navigators today. b. A program which searches for and locates data about a specified topic from the internet or other data collection; a browser; (more widely) any program or device designed to help a user move around an interface, program, etc.When part of a proprietary name for such a program, also with capital initial. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > data > database > [noun] > access or retrieval > searching > means of search engine1978 browser1980 navigator1988 crawler1994 1988 InfoWorld 18 Jan. 29/2 When on-line, Compuserve Navigator can access information in databases faster than a user can manually. 1993 Computergram Internat. (BNC) 19 May Its Data Navigator enables users to access data, across a network, from Ingres, Oracle, Sybase and ASCII tables. 1995 .net Feb. 66/1 It's currently developing its own Internet navigator software. 2000 Intelligent Enterprise (Nexis) 8 Sept. 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