Meaning

3 senses
  1. One who discovers or makes a new path or way through an untraversed region.

    Phanderi

    разве́дчикrazvédčik, первопроходецpervoproxodec

    першопрохо́децьperšoproxódecʹ, першопрохі́дникperšoproxídnyk, першопрохі́дницяperšoproxídnycja

  2. (figuratively)One who is the first to do something in a particular field; an innovator, a pioneer.

  3. Synonym of honey guide.

More definitions
  • someone who can find paths through unexplored territory

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The pathfinder sent by the soldiers is not persistent enough.

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  2. Innovation is the difference between a pathfinder and a path follower.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one who discovers or makes a new path or way through an untraversed region:
Русский
By meaning 1
one who discovers or makes a new path or way through an untraversed region:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who discovers or makes a new path or way through an untraversed region:

Origin

From path + finder.

From path + finder.

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Forms

plural: pathfinders
Singularpathfinder
Pluralpathfinders

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone who can find paths through unexplored territory:scoutguide

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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