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English Dictionary: discoverer by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
discoverer
n
  1. someone who is the first to think of or make something
    Synonym(s): inventor, discoverer, artificer
  2. someone who is the first to observe something
    Synonym(s): finder, discoverer, spotter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Discoverer \Dis*cov"er*er\, n.
      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. A scout; an explorer. --Shak.
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