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locator

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

/ ˈloʊ keɪ tər, loʊˈkeɪ tər /

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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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Nearby words

Sometimes lo·cat·er.

Origin of locator

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for locator

"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

Word Origin and History for locator

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 locator

locator

[ lō′kā′tər ]

n.

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

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.