Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ponce_de_leon

1 sense of ponce de leon

Sense 1
Ponce de Leon, Juan Ponce de Leon -- (Spanish explorer who accompanied Columbus on his second trip in 1493; in 1513 he discovered Florida while searching for the legendary Fountain of Youth (1460-1521))
       => navigator -- (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)