Discoverer

Definitions

One who discovers: a person who has discovered something.

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Examples

“[W]hen the flowꝛes there haue been ſufficiently wꝛought, they [bees] ſend abꝛoade their diſcouerers to finde out moꝛe foode.”

“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.”

“[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.”

“But this was subterfuge to defeat⟳ the curiosity of a chance discoverer.”

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