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
- prediscoverer noun
Etymology
Origin of discoverer
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French descovreur. See discover, -er 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker staff writer: I was a late discoverer of Taix, stumbling upon it when I moved to a bungalow just above Sunset during the pandemic from New York.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
The newly identified species has been named Tyrannoroter heberti, which means Hebert's tyrant digger, in recognition of its discoverer, Brian Hebert.
From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026
Then there is one final problem for the discoverer of a giant new successful drug.
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2024
“At the time, the discoverer and collectors did not realize there were prey items preserved inside its stomach,” Zelenitsky says.
From National Geographic • Dec. 8, 2023
He was a true renaissance man—a best-selling author, an undersea adventurer, and a discoverer of long-lost ships.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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