discoverer
Americannoun
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a person who discovers.
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(initial capital letter) one of an early series of polar-orbiting reconnaissance satellites.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of discoverer
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French descovreur. See discover, -er 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Then, in 1960, photos taken above the USSR, first by U-2 spy planes and then by Discoverer spy satellites, revealed a different story.
From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026
The fire on board the Wilderness Discoverer was reported to the Coast Guard around 7:30 a.m.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2023
The remotely operated underwater vehicle Deep Discoverer came across the octopod near Necker Island, or Mokumanamana, on the northwestern end of the Hawaiian Archipelago.
From Reuters • Mar. 5, 2016
The Noble Discoverer is the same rig that forced Shell out of the Arctic in 2012 amid a number of disastrous communication and security failures.
From The Guardian • May 18, 2015
Most of the mighty mariners from the days of Leif the Discoverer, through those of the redoubtable Sir Francis Drake down to our own Paul Jones, answer to the roll-call.
From Great Pirate Stories by French, Joseph Lewis
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