discoverer

American  

[dih-skuhv-er-er] / dɪˈskʌv ər ər /

noun

1. a person who discovers.

2. (initial capital letter) one of an early series of polar-orbiting reconnaissance satellites.

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Other Word Forms

• prediscoverer noun

Etymology

Origin of discoverer

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French descovreur. See discover, -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

Thanks to the frigid Arctic waters, the Terror’s state of preservation shocked its Parks Canada discoverers.

From Literature

“It became clear that the name could be stigmatizing to Alaska,” says Joseph McLaughlin, Alaska’s state epidemiologist and one of the virus’ discoverers.

From Science Magazine

Members of her species didn’t take their first upright steps in open savanna grasslands, as her discoverers thought, but walked first in a grassy woodland with deciduous trees.

From Science Magazine

Famous for detecting the “cool” sensation of menthol, it also detects cold temperatures and helped earn its discoverers the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2021.

From Science Magazine

Then there is one final problem for the discoverer of a giant new successful drug.

From BBC

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