circumnavigator
- noun
- /ˌsɜrkəmˈnævɪˌɡeɪtər/
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circunnavegante
- Many skilled sailors dream of becoming a circumnavigator as they explore the world's oceans.
Examples
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"Circumnavigator!" he exclaimed.
Fiction book (2000) -
Mr. Cobb was certainly no circumnavigator.
Fiction book (2000) -
He was the great circumnavigator.
Fiction book (2000) -
Being the most accurate, elegant, and perfect edition of the whole works and discoveries of the celebrated circumnavigator Captain James Cook.
Fiction book (2000) -
To Donald Crowhurst, soon to become the worlds fastest circumnavigator.
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And Conway, a sullen and lazy kid, was not shaping up to be a great circumnavigator, either.
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Famous circumnavigators like Ferdinand Magellan changed our understanding of global geography.
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The adventurer was celebrated as a circumnavigator after sailing around the globe in record time.
Surface Forms
Morphology
circumnavigator = circumnavigate (transparent) = circum + navigate + or
Formed by adding the agentive suffix '-or' to the verb 'circumnavigate', yielding 'a person who circumnavigates'.
Etymology
The word circumnavigator comes from Latin parts circum- 'around' and navis 'ship', the same root you see in navy and navigate. So a circumnavigator is a person who travels all the way 'around' the world, an island, or another large area, often by ship or plane.
