ferdinand magellan

1. 1.

   Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain; he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world (1480-1521)

   SynonymsMagellanFernao Magalhaes

   Broadernavigator

Questions about ferdinand magellan

What does ferdinand magellan mean?

ferdinand magellan means "Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain; he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world (1480-1521)".

What is another word for ferdinand magellan?

Close synonyms include Magellan, Fernao Magalhaes. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ferdinand magellan a common word?

ferdinand magellan is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.