• Circumnavigator

    Full definition of circumnavigator

    Noun

    circumnavigator

    (plural circumnavigators)
    1. 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...
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