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

1 sense of christopher columbus

Sense 1
Columbus, Christopher Columbus, Cristoforo Colombo, Cristobal Colon -- (Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506))
       INSTANCE OF=> navigator -- (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)