Discoverer Meaning
/dɪˈskʌvəɹəɹ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOne who discovers: a person who has discovered something.
Sentence Examples
The discoverer of the new species was a young scientist.
The discoverer of the treasure was rewarded handsomely.
He is celebrated as the discoverer of the new planet.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the ancient tomb received a prestigious award for archaeology.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the new species was a young scientist.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English discoverour, dyscowerer, partly from Middle French descouvreur and partly equivalent to discover + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[W]hen the flowꝛes there haue been ſufficiently wꝛought, they [bees] ſend abꝛoade their diſcouerers to finde out moꝛe foode."
— 1577, Conradus Heresbachius [i.e., Konrad Heresbach], translated by Barnabe Googe, “The fourth Booke, entreatyng of Poultry, Foule, Fishe, and Bees”, in Foure Bookes of Husbandry, […], London: […] Richard Watkins, folio 175, verso:
"The ſpecies of elaſtic fluid, which its great diſcoverer, Dr. Prieſtley, denominated the dephlogiſticated nitrous air, and others have ſince called gazeous oxyd of azot, is in general not unknown to chemiſts, though they are unacquainted with its compoſition, its moſt extraordinary effects, and probably with its perfect preparation."
— 1799, Robert John Thornton, chapter XXIII, in The Philosophy of Medicine: Or, Medical Extracts on the Nature of Health and Disease, Including the Laws of the Animal Œconomy, and the Doctrines of Pneumatic Medicine, 4th edition, volume 1, page 450:
"[M]any of the most successful discoverers of metallic wealth have been entirely ignorant of the methods by which a great mine should be opened, developed, and worked."
— 1898, Charles A. Bramble, “Prospecting”, in The A B C of Mining[:] A Handbook for Prospectors […] , Chicago; New York: Rand, McNally & Company, page 7:
"But this was subterfuge to defeat the curiosity of a chance discoverer."
— 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 30:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the ancient tomb received a prestigious award for archaeology.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the new species was a young scientist.