navigator, navigatour

[Lat. nari gator, from navigatus, pa, par. of navigo to sail; Fr. navigateur; Sp. navegador; Ital. navigatore.] 1. A sailor, a seaman; one who navigates or sails; one who is skilled in the art of navigation. "By means of it [the mariner's compa ] navigators found that at all seasons, and in every place, they could discover the North and South with so much ease and accuracy."-Robertson: America , vol. i., bk. i. *2. A navvy (q. v.). "There's enough of me to make a good navigator if all trades fail."-C. Kingsley : Yeast, ch. xi. *na-vig-er-ous, a . [Lat. nav is a ship, and gero to bear, to carry.) Capable of bearing or floating ships.