Captain and Navigator

Captain

Captain noun - A person in overall command of a ship.

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Navigator and captain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Navigator" instead a noun "Captain".

Nearby Words: captained, captainship, captaincy, captaining

Navigator noun - One who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel.

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Captain and navigator are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captain" instead a noun "Navigator".

good	good captain	good navigator
female	female captain	female navigator
best	best captain	best navigator
original	original captain	original navigator
Other adjectives: brave, young, new, competent, previous, unnamed.

The Goblin captain and navigator are piloting Trade Prince Gallywix's slave ship, and get lost in a fog; when the fog clears, they find they've steered right into the middle of an Alliance-Horde naval battle.

Source: Oh Crap / Video Games
Mary Patten, wife of Joshua Patten, captain of the clipper ship Neptune's Car became the ship's navigator when her husband became ill from exhaustion, due to having to perform his duties as well as the First Mate's, who was in the brig.

Source: The Navigator
The 80's Disney movie Flight of the Navigator features a kind-of-coming-of-age story about a boy learning to become the captain of a semi-sentient automated alien spaceship.

Source: The Captain

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