pathfinder
[path-fahyn-der, pahth‐]
noun
a person who finds or makes a path, way, route, etc., especially through a previously unexplored or untraveled wilderness.
an airplane, or a person dropped from a plane, sent into a target area to illuminate the area for succeeding aircraft.
a radar beacon beamed into a target area to provide guidance for missiles seeking the target.
(initial capital letter) an unmanned spacecraft that landed on Mars on July 4, 1997, to obtain climatic and geologic data.
RELATED WORDS
wanderer, mentor, model, counselor, teacher, pilot, pilgrim, founder, settler, colonist, immigrant, scout, explorer, guide, developer, squatter, leader, innovator, homesteader, trailblazer
Nearby words
- pathergasia,
- pathergy,
- pathet lao,
- pathetic,
- pathetic fallacy,
- pathfinder prospectus,
- pathfinder, the,
- pathic,
- pathless,
- pathname
Origin of pathfinder
Pathfinder, The
noun
Compare Leather-Stocking Tales.
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