navigator

noun

1. a person who navigates.
2. a person who practices, or is skilled in, navigation, as of ships or aircraft.
3. a person who conducts explorations by sea.
4. British. a navvy.

noun

1. a person who is skilled in or performs navigation, esp on a ship or aircraft
2. (esp formerly) a person who explores by ship
3. an instrument or device for assisting a pilot to navigate an aircraft

n.1580s, “one who navigates,” from Latin navigator “sailor,” agent noun from navigat-, stem of navigare (see navigation). Meaning “laborer employed in excavating a canal” is 1775, from sense in inland navigation “communication by canals and rivers” (1727).