Definitions for discoverer
dis·cov·er·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inventor, discoverer, artificernoun

   someone who is the first to think of or make something

2. finder, discoverer, spotternoun

   someone who is the first to observe something

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. discoverernoun

   One who discovers; the person who discovered something.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Discoverernoun

   Etymology: from discover.

   1. One that finds any thing not known before; a finder out.

   If more be found out, they will not recompence the discoverer’s pains, but will be fitter to be cast out. William Holder, El.

   Places receive appellations according to the language of the discoverer, from observations made upon the people. Notes on Od.

   The Cape of Good Hope was doubled in those early times; and that the Portuguese were not the first discoverers of that navigation. John Arbuthnot, on Coin.

   An old maiden gentlewoman is the greatest discoverer of judgments; she can tell you what sin it was that set such a man’s house on fire. Joseph Addison, Spect. №. 483.

   2. A scout; one who is put to descry the posture or number of an enemy; speculator.

   Here stand, my lords, and send discoverers forth,
   To know the numbers of our enemies. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.

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1. discoverer

   A discoverer is an individual or entity who is the first to find, observe, or identify something previously unknown. This could involve physical exploration, leading to finding new places, or intellectual exploration, as in identifying new concepts, ideas, methods, or species. The discovery can be in various fields such as science, medicine, geography, history, or technology. The process of discovering often involves exploration, research, experimentation, and innovation.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Discoverernoun

   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

2. Discoverernoun

   a scout; an explorer

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1. rediscover

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of discoverer in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of discoverer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of discoverer in a Sentence

1. Steve Salisbury:

   The genus name, Thapunngaka, incorporates thapun [ ta-boon ] and ngaka [ nga-ga ], the Wanamara words for' spear' and' mouth', respectively, the species name, shawi, honours the fossil's discoverer Len Shaw, so the name means' Shaw's spear mouth'.

2. Jonathan Aitchison:

   The Wallace line -- named after its discoverer Alfred Russel Wallace -- delineates major biological division separating the species with Asian origins from those with Australasian ones.

3. Milan Kundera:

   Let us consider the critic, therefore, as a discoverer of discoveries.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=discoverer
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Discoverer
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=discoverer
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discoverer