circumnavigator
Noun
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Noun
circumnavigator (plural circumnavigators)
- A person who circumnavigates, that is, sails around the world.
- 1881, Symon's monthly meteorological magazine (page 59)
- 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)
- French: circumnavigateur
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