locator

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

/ ˈloʊ keɪ tər, loʊˈkeɪ tər /

a person who locates something.

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

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What does “yare” mean?

Sometimes lo·cat·er.

1600–10; <Latin locātor a contractor, lessor, equivalent to locā(re) (see locate) + -tor-tor

"Three miles from the buffalo waller," our locator had said.
Land of the Burnt Thigh|Edith Eudora Kohl
He sensed Kerim's eyes on him but kept his gaze fixed on the locator plate.
The Winds of Time|James H. Schmitz
The locator signal is almost exactly north-by-northeast of us.
Four-Day Planet|Henry Beam Piper
It brought the dot up to dead center point in the locator plate and stopped.
The Winds of Time|James H. Schmitz

Now the star map began to glide through the locator plate, carrying the fixed green dot with it.
The Winds of Time|James H. Schmitz

locator

[ lō′kā′tər ]

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