locator

[loh-key-ter, loh-key-ter] /ˈloʊ keɪ tər, loʊˈkeɪ tər/

noun

a person who locates something.

a person who determines or establishes the boundaries of land or a mining claim.

Sometimes, locater.

Origin of locator

Latin

1600-1610

1600-10; < Latin locātor a contractor, lessor, equivalent to locā(re) (see locate) + -tor -tor

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Word Origin and History for locater

c.1600, of persons, from Latin locator, agent noun from locare (see locate). Of things which locate, from 1902.

locater in Medicine

locator lo·ca·tor (lō'kā'tər)
n.
An instrument or apparatus for finding the position of a foreign object in tissue.

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