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navigator

[nav-i-gey-ter] / ˈnæv ɪˌgeɪ tər /
NOUN
course plotter
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The plane is usually crewed by five people: an aircraft commander, a pilot, a radar navigator, a navigator and an electronic warfare officer, according to a US Air Force fact sheet on the plane.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

They typically carry a crew of five - an aircraft commander, pilot, radar navigator, navigator and electronic warfare officer.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

The 30-year-old navigator from rural Bangladesh normally passes seatime evading zombies on the videogame Minecraft.

From The Wall Street Journal May 9, 2026

According to the post, Nautas’ name evokes the spirit of a “sailor, navigator, voyager, one who embarks on a journey and fears not the unknown.”

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2026

Behind their machine guns in Masha’s Pe-2, her navigator, Galya, and their tail gunner, Ivan, had both run out of ammunition—but not before Ivan had managed to shoot down one of the Luftwaffe planes himself.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Honey bees are far more precise navigators than scientists once realized.

From Science Daily Jun. 14, 2026

Earlier in the jet age, more pilots were on the flight deck, along with navigators and flight engineers.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 10, 2025

The teenagers are just a few years younger than the pilots, navigators, air gunners, and wireless operators whose names and ages are recorded on the headstones.

From BBC Nov. 9, 2024

Last December, a TMC ship set to dock at Honolulu Harbor was turned away as protesters — native Hawaiians, navigators and environmentalists — gathered to express their displeasure.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2024

Soon enough, the navigators can discern the low moonlit lumps of islands ranged along the horizon.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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