explorer

[ ik-splawr-er ]

noun

1. a person or thing that explores.
2. a person who investigates unknown regions:

   the great explorers of the Renaissance.

3. any instrument used in exploring or sounding a wound, a cavity in a tooth, or the like.
4. (initial capital letter) Also called Explorer Scout. a person between the ages 14 and 20 who is an active participant in the exploring program sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America.
5. (initial capital letter) Aerospace. one of a long series of U.S. scientific satellites: Explorer 1 (1958) was the first U.S. artificial satellite.

Explorer

¹

/ ɪkˈsplɔːrə /

noun

1. a member of the senior branch of the Scouts Brit equivalentVenture Scout

Explorer

²

/ ɪkˈsplɔːrə /

noun

1. any of the first series of US satellites. Explorer 1 , launched in 1958, confirmed the existence of intense radiation belts around the earth

Word History and Origins

Origin of explorer¹

First recorded in 1675–85; explore + -er ¹

Example Sentences

In 2020, a group of explorers looking for mammoth tusks in eastern Siberia made a surprising discovery – the mummy of a 35,000-year-old saber-toothed kitten.

From NewsForKids.net

Dives led by explorer Victor Vescovo in 2019 showed that the starboard side of the officer’s quarters were collapsing, destroying state rooms and obliterating features like the captain’s bath from view.

From BBC

The Shenzhou 19 spacecraft is crewed by three taikonauts - China’s word for astronauts - who are the latest in a series of explorers to head to the country’s homegrown space station, Tiangong, or "Heavenly Palace".

From BBC

Another place to have been given a facelift in Niamey is a stone monument that had an engraving of French colonial officer and explorer Parfait-Louis Monteil.

From BBC

In 1901, alongside explorer Robert Falcon Scott, he got closer to the South Pole than any other European explorer.

From BBC