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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Discoverer

/dĭs-kŭv'-ẽr-ẽr/ · Dis·cov·er·er · IPA /dɪˈskʌvəɹəɹ/
01 n. One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact.
  1. 1.
    One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact.
    “The discoverers and searchers of the land.” Sir W. Raleigh.
  2. 2.
    A scout; an explorer.