| navigator | | |
| n. (person) | 1. navigator, sailing master | the ship's officer in charge of navigation. |
| ~ ship's officer, officer | a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel.; "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines" |
| n. (person) | 2. navigator | the member of an aircrew who is responsible for the aircraft's course. |
| ~ aircrewman | a member of an aircrew. |
| ~ astrogator | the navigator of a spacecraft. |
| n. (person) | 3. navigator | in earlier times, a person who explored by ship. |
| ~ explorer, adventurer | someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose). |
| ~ vasco nunez de balboa, balboa | Spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien and became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519). |
| ~ behring, bering, vitus behring, vitus bering | Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741). |
| ~ giovanni cabato, john cabot, cabot | Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498). |
| ~ cartier, jacques cartier | French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France (1491-1557). |
| ~ christopher columbus, cristobal colon, cristoforo colombo, columbus | Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506). |
| ~ captain cook, captain james cook, james cook, cook | English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779). |
| ~ da gamma, vasco da gamma, gamma | Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524). |
| ~ davis, davys, john davis, john davys | English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605). |
| ~ bartholomeu dias, bartholomeu diaz, dias, diaz | Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500). |
| ~ drake, francis drake, sir francis drake | English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596). |
| ~ frobisher, sir martin frobisher | English explorer who led an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to the orient; served under Drake and helped defeat the Spanish Armada (1535-1594). |
| ~ humphrey gilbert, sir humphrey gilbert, gilbert | English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583). |
| ~ robert gray, gray | American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806). |
| ~ henry hudson, hudson | English navigator who discovered the Hudson River; in 1610 he attempted to winter in Hudson Bay but his crew mutinied and set him adrift to die (1565-1611). |
| ~ ferdinand magellan, fernao magalhaes, magellan | Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain; he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world (1480-1521). |
| ~ juan ponce de leon, ponce de leon | Spanish explorer who accompanied Columbus on his second trip in 1493; in 1513 he discovered Florida while searching for the legendary Fountain of Youth (1460-1521). |
| ~ abel janszoon tasman, abel tasman, tasman | Dutch navigator who was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand (1603-1659). |
| ~ george vancouver, vancouver | English navigator remembered for his exploration of the Pacific coast of North America (1757-1798). |
| ~ giovanni da verrazano, giovanni da verrazzano, verrazano, verrazzano | Florentine navigator who explored the eastern coast of North America (circa 1485-1528). |
| ~ americus vespucius, amerigo vespucci, vespucci | Florentine navigator who explored the coast of South America; America was named in his honor (1454-1512). |
| pay out | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. disburse, pay out | expend, as from a fund. |
| ~ pay | give money, usually in exchange for goods or services.; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please" |
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