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sextant ~ sexton
[slightly different end-sound]
“Sextant” (noun) is ‘a tool/device used for measuring angles between stars in the sky in order to find out the position of a ship, and also an aeroplane, at sea where there are no landmarks to guide them or to tell the ships’ captains where exactly they are’,
a sailor using a sextant
e.g.
Until recently captains of ships depended on sextants and star charts to know their ships’ positions at open sea.
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“Sexton” (noun) is ‘a care taker of a church building and the ground around the church, whose other tasks include ringing church bells’,
Walter George, Sexton, North Presbyterian Church, New York
e.g.
During the prayers, a church sexton came up to the noisy boys to keep them quiet.
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