pathfinder
noun
a person who finds or makes a path, way, route, etc., especially through a previously unexplored or untraveled wilderness.
pathfinders
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pluralof pathfinder.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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That is where it will rendezvous and dock with the prototype lunar landers, called pathfinders.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
This was a night for powerful women and pathfinders like Burnett and Close.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2019
Bit by bit, McClellan, Tarter and other historians and lawmakers are highlighting the names and deeds of those early African American pathfinders.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2018
Many refugees are using apps as pathfinders, devices to show them the best—or least dangerous— way west.
From Time ● Oct. 8, 2015
I take a certain historic delight in having followed the routes of the early pathfinders to a more remote destination.
From My Attainment of the Pole by Frederick A. Cook
