Meaning

1 senses
  1. One who discovers: a person who has discovered something.

    Entdecker

    открыва́тельotkryvátelʹ

    відкрива́чvidkryváč

More definitions
  • someone who is the first to observe something
  • someone who is the first to think of or make something

Examples

2 sentences
  1. As a matter of fact, all great discoverers have been regarded as dreamers.

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  2. Francis Crick was one of the discoverers of DNA's structure.

    ruФрэнсис Крик был одним из первооткрывателей структуры ДНК.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English discoverour, dyscowerer, partly from Middle French descouvreur and par

From Middle English discoverour, dyscowerer, partly from Middle French descouvreur and partly equivalent to discover + -er.

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Forms

plural: discoverers
Singulardiscoverer
Pluraldiscoverers

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Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relateddiscover

See also

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