Hypertext Webster Gateway: "discoverer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Discoverer \Dis*cov"er*er\, n.
1. One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of
something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new
principle, truth, or fact.
The discoverers and searchers of the land. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
2. A scout; an explorer. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
discoverer
n 1: someone who is the first to think of or make something [syn:
{inventor}, {artificer}]
2: someone who is the first to observe something [syn: {finder},
{spotter}]
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