Meaning

3 senses

  1. One who, or that which, locates.

    I found the opening times for my local branch using the Web site's store locator.

  2. (US)One who locates, or is entitled to locate, land or a mining claim.

    a person who fixes the boundaries of land claims

  3. The unique alphanumeric reference given to each travel booking.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. A uniform resource locator is a mechanism for specifying names of files.

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Origin

From Latin locātor. By surface analysis, locate + -or.

From Latin locātor. By surface analysis, locate + -or.

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Forms

plural: locators
Singularlocator
Plurallocators

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who fixes the boundaries of land claims:locater

Word family

10 related words
RelatedlocationB1locantlocuslocate
Derivedecholocatorgeolocatorgunfire locatorlocator maprecord locatorvendor locator

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
localizelocallylocateB1locationB1lochlockA2lockdown
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