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

2 senses of cabot

Sense 1
Cabot, Sebastian Cabot -- (son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil; in 1544 he published a map of the world (1476-1557))
       INSTANCE OF=> explorer, adventurer -- (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))
       INSTANCE OF=> cartographer, map maker -- (a person who makes maps)

Sense 2
Cabot, John Cabot, Giovanni Cabato -- (Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498))
       INSTANCE OF=> navigator -- (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)