Discoverer

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Discoverer \Dis*cov"er*er\, n.
     1. One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of
        something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new
        principle, truth, or fact.
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              The discoverers and searchers of the land. --Sir W.
                                                    Raleigh.
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     2. A scout; an explorer. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  discoverer
       n 1: someone who is the first to think of or make something [syn:
             {inventor}, {artificer}]
       2: someone who is the first to observe something [syn: {finder},
           {spotter}]