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Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-skuhv-er-er
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈskʌv ər ər



Definition of discoverer

  • As in innovator : noun inventor
  • As in originator : noun creator
  • As in detector : noun indicator
  • As in finder : noun one who discovers a thing
Example sentences :
  • I shall see that your name is coupled with the Bacillus as that of its discoverer.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • Balboa resolved to make a name for himself and to be the discoverer of the other sea.
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
  • To this he now devoted himself with the passionate enthusiasm of the discoverer.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • She becomes, in reality, less a discoverer than a depositary of secrets.
  • Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever
  • Even the discoverer of Quaternions found this a source of much anxiety.
  • Extract from : « Great Astronomers » by R. S. Ball
  • He was the discoverer of nitrogen and several gaseous bodies.
  • Extract from : « Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. » by Various
  • Yes, the discoverer of the mine should know whether it was gold or copper.
  • Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • A discoverer of America should leave Long Island to someone else.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • The guess was, of course, always a triumph for the discoverer of the little tailor.
  • Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
  • On Cardano as an investigator and discoverer, see Libri, Hist.
  • Extract from : « The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy » by Jacob Burckhardt

Synonyms for discoverer

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