Discoverer

Quick meaning: Discoverer is a noun meaning One who discovers: a person who has discovered something.

Meaning

One who discovers: a person who has discovered something.

Example Sentences

But this was subterfuge to defeat the curiosity of a chance discoverer.

[W]hen the flowꝛes there haue been ſufficiently wꝛought, they [bees] ſend abꝛoade their diſcouerers to finde out moꝛe foode.

[M]any of the most successful discoverers of metallic wealth have been entirely ignorant of the methods by which a great mine should be opened, developed, and worked.

The ſpecies of elaſtic fluid, which its great diſcoverer, Dr. Prieſtley, denominated the dephlogiſticated nitrous air, and others have ſince called gazeous oxyd of azot, is in general not unknown to chemiſts, though they are unacquainted with its compoſition, its moſt extraordinary effects, and probably with its perfect preparation.

Word Forms

• discoverers

Synonyms for discoverer

Depending on context, synonyms include finder, repertor, artificer, spotter, inventor.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include finder, spotter, inventor, artificer, prediscoverer, discoveree.

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