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locator

[loh-key-ter, loh-key-ter]
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noun

a person who locates something.
a person who determines or establishes the boundaries of land or a mining claim.

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RELATED WORDS

radar, pointer, spotter, discoverer, warner, revealer

Nearby words

  1. located,
  2. locatelli,
  3. locatelli, pietro,
  4. location,
  5. locative,
  6. locavore,
  7. loch,
  8. loch linnhe,
  9. loch ness,
  10. loch ness monster
Sometimes lo·cat·er.

Origin of locator

1600–10; < Latin locātor a contractor, lessor, equivalent to locā(re) (see locate) + -tor -tor
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Word Origin and History for locater

locator

n.

c.1600, of persons, from Latin locator, agent noun from locare (see locate). Of things which locate, from 1902.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Medicine definitions for locater

locator

[lō′kā′tər]

n.

An instrument or apparatus for finding the position of a foreign object in tissue.
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