discoverer

[ dih-skuhv-er-er ]

/ dɪˈskʌv ər ər /

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noun

a person who discovers.

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

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Origin of discoverer

1250–1300; Middle English <Old French descovreur.See discover, -er¹

OTHER WORDS FROM discoverer

pre·dis·cov·er·er, noun

Words nearby discoverer

discourse analysis, discourteous, discourtesy, discover, discovered check, discoverer, discoverist, discovert, discoverture, discovery, Discovery Bay

How to use discoverer in a sentence

He spent the next 16 years, he says, sending repeated complaints to those institutions that the Sahelanthropus discoverers were violating codes of scientific conduct by not providing information about the leg bone in scientific papers or talks.
7-million-year-old limb fossils may be from the earliest known hominid|Bruce Bower|August 24, 2022|Science News
Its discoverers say it’s the first time in 104 years that anyone has turned up a new genus of tarantula in Asia.
Newfound ‘bambootula’ spider lives inside bamboo stems|Becki Robins|March 4, 2022|Science News For Students
Hearing of his cache, would-be discoverers descended, ballooning the population from 1,200 to 4,600 within a few years.
Once the Uranium Capital of the World, Moab, Utah, wants to unload its radioactive legacy|Sarah Scoles|September 9, 2021|Popular-Science
UnCruise’s planned May 16 departure on the Wilderness Discoverer out of Juneau is expected to be the first fully vaccinated cruise in the United States.
Despite vaccines, many international travelers are postponing vacations — again|Alex Pulaski|April 16, 2021|Washington Post

“Sometimes I feel I’m more of a discoverer than a sculptor,” says the Netherlands-raised artist, while giving a recent tour, on the Washington Monument grounds, of artwork that was unseen by everyone else who passed by.
Virtual ‘sculpture,’ based on math, that’s everywhere and nowhere at once|Mark Jenkins|February 25, 2021|Washington Post
I felt like the discoverer of a new world already fully inhabited and thriving but totally unknown to the rest of us.
How a Doctor Came to Believe in Medical Marijuana|Daniela Drake|June 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The sense of randomness is often emphasized: the discoverer—likely some hardworking editor—merely stumbled upon greatness.
Lost Masterpieces|Jacob Silverman|August 18, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Christopher Columbus, the discoverer of the new world, died at Valladolid in Spain, aged about 70.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The seventh 'Reason' against the use of tobacco is, that the devil is the discoverer and suggester of smoking.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
William Barlowe, died; celebrated as the discoverer of the nature and properties of the loadstone.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
William Harvey, an English physician, died; celebrated as the discoverer of the circulation of the blood.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The Baron de Wentzel was the most famous oculist of the day, and the discoverer of operations for cataract.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2)|Edward Gibbon