Talk:Navigator (disambiguation)

missing meaning

What 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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]