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circumaviator en · NOUN

Etymology

By surface analysis, circumaviate + -or, or, by surface analysis, circum- + aviator.

Meanings

1. (uncommon) One who circumaviates (something, usually the Globe, the Earth).
   • QUEMQUE ÆQUUM EST QUÆSTUM ESSE CALLIDUM. [Everyone should be clever to their own advantage.] And now from our circumaviator Bob McNamara comes another letter addressed to Whitney Darrow and dated Semiramis Hotel, Cairo, April 4, which, being duly abbreviated à la Reader's Digest, reads somewhat as follows: [quote] What can I say of our trip? Almost nothing in a few lines. We have been blessed with good weather and a host of friends who have entertained us almost everywhere, from Tokyo to Cairo. Today at least we have seen the great Sphinx, which Is indeed, as was the Taj Mahal. something that cannot be erased from our memories. Poverty, dirt, living conditions of refugees many places beyond belief; but there are bright spots too, and evidence of an awakening that may mean much in the years ahead, though any substantial gain may be measured in years beyond our life span. We definitely have turned the corner and in good health thus far. After all, June and Chicago are getting nearer. Say hello to any of the lads you may see. [end quote] Assuming that Bob and Mrs. Bob are still on schedule, they are now, as you read this, somewhere in Germany. Thus the McNamaras have truly taken wings like the eagle and flown to the uttermost parts of the earth, thus proving the assertion that appears at the head of this column. 1956 May 4, R. Earle Anderson, “Class Notes column. 03 [news of the class of 1903]”, in Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume 56, number 25, page 16:

Forms

Coordinates

circumnavigator · circumscriber · circumambulator

Hypernyms

flyer · encircler · person · aviator · pilot

Relateds

Globemaster · circumaviate · circumaviation