discoverer

noun
/dɪˈskʌvəɹəɹ/US

Etymology

From Middle English discoverour, dyscowerer, partly from Middle French descouvreur and partly equivalent to discover + -er.

  1. derived from descouvreur
  2. inherited from discoverour

Definitions

  1. One who discovers

    One who discovers: a person who has discovered something.

    • [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 neighborhood

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