discoverer

[ dih-skuhv-er-er ]

noun

1. a person who discovers.
2. (initial capital letter) U.S. Aerospace. one of an early series of polar-orbiting reconnaissance satellites.

Other Words From

• predis·cover·er noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of discoverer¹

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French descovreur. See discover, -er ¹( def )

Example Sentences

That’s good news for Johanson, now 80 and just back from Ethiopia, where he found many young people still eager to take selfies with Lucy’s discoverer.

From Science Magazine

Then there is one final problem for the discoverer of a giant new successful drug.

From BBC

“At the time, the discoverer and collectors did not realize there were prey items preserved inside its stomach,” Zelenitsky says.

From National Geographic

Mario Urbina Schmitt, a paleontologist at the Natural History Museum in Lima, Peru, and the discoverer of Perucetus colossus, possibly the heaviest animal ever found, in his workshop.Credit...

From New York Times

Regardless, he says he does not view her “as the discoverer,” but rather someone contributing insights into peptide biology as part of MGH’s larger GLP-1 effort, in the group led by Habener.

From Science Magazine

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