noun
discoverer
Discoverer (noun) means a person who finds or identifies something for the first time.
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A person who finds or identifies something for the first time.
"But this was subterfuge to defeat the curiosity of a chance discoverer."
— Norman Lindsay, Redheap (1930)
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Etymology
Came into English via Middle English discoverour, dyscowerer, partly from Middle French descouvreur and partly formed as discover plus -er.
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What is the meaning of discoverer?
"discoverer" (noun) means a person who finds or identifies something for the first time.
What is another word for discoverer?
Other words for "discoverer" include finder, artificer, inventor, spotter.
