discoverer
noun
a person who discovers.
discoverers
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pluralof discoverer.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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One of the best known metallocenes is ferrocene, which helped earn its discoverers the 1973 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2026
Nothing against ivermectin — if you have roundworms, it’s a fantastic drug and its discoverers won a Nobel Prize in medicine for a reason.
From Salon ● May 11, 2026
The treatment for sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia is the first to be licensed using the gene-editing tool known as Crispr, for which its discoverers were awarded the Nobel prize in 2020.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2023
Lucy will next swing past an asteroid named after one of the fossil Lucy’s discoverers: Donald Johanson.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
In the early eighteenth century scientific laws begin for the first time to be named after their discoverers.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
