discoverer

dis·cov·er  (d-skvr)

tr.v. dis·cov·ered, dis·cov·er·ing, dis·cov·ers

1. To notice or learn, especially by making an effort: got home and discovered that the furnace wasn't working.

2.

a. To be the first, or the first of one's group or kind, to find, learn of, or observe.

b. To learn about for the first time in one's experience: discovered a new restaurant on the west side.

3. To learn something about: discovered him to be an impostor; discovered the brake to be defective.

4. To identify (a person) as a potentially prominent performer: a movie star who was discovered in a drugstore by a producer.

5. Archaic To reveal or expose.

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[Middle English discoveren, to reveal, from Old French descovrir, from Late Latin discooperre : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin cooperre, to cover; see cover.]

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dis·cover·a·ble adj.

dis·cover·er n.

Synonyms: discover, ascertain, determine, learn
These verbs mean to gain knowledge or awareness of something not known before: discovered a star in a distant galaxy; ascertaining the facts; tried to determine the origins of the problem; learned the sad news from the radio.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	discoverer - someone who is the first to think of or make something artificer, inventor creator - a person who grows or makes or invents things patentee - the inventor to whom a patent is issued
	2.	discoverer - someone who is the first to observe something finder, spotter beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient - a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses co-discoverer - someone who is the first of two or more people to discover something

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discoverer

noun 1. explorer, pioneer

noun 2. inventor, author, originator, initiator