Talk:Navigator (disambiguation)
Latest comment: 5 months ago by Clarityfiend in topic missing meaning
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missing meaning
editWhat is the meaning of navigator in the song by The Pogues (http://www.pogues.com/Releases/Lyrics/LPs/RumSodomy/Navigator.html)? P ev (talk) 13:33, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
- I later found out:
- The labourers who dug out the canals in 18th century Britain were called 'navigators' or 'navvies'. 'Navigation' was an early term for a canal, different from the usual meaning of 'directing a ship' - there are many British pubs near canals or former canals called 'The Navigation Inn'.
- Later, the term was used for railway or road construction workers, before the advent of mechanical digging machines.
- Source: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/618015/what-is-the-meaning-of-navigator-in-the-song-by-the-pogues P ev (talk) 10:32, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
- Interesting, but dab pages are there to facilitate navigation to articles. There is no article for these specific types of workers. Clarityfiend (talk) 12:03, 15 June 2024 (UTC)