"pathfinder" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pathfinders [plural]
Etymology: path + finder Etymology templates: {{compound|en|path|finder}} path + finder Head templates: {{en-noun}} pathfinder (plural pathfinders)
  1. One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversed regions. Translations (One who discovers a way or path): следотърсач (sledotǎrsač) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 探路者 (tànlùzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), explorateur [masculine] (French), pionnier [masculine] (French), ιχνηλάτης (ichnilátis) (Greek), cserkész (Hungarian), پیشاهنگ (pišâhang) (Persian), разве́дчик (razvédčik) [masculine] (Russian), первопроходец (pervoproxodec) [masculine] (Russian), stigfinnare [common-gender] (Swedish), першопрохо́дець (peršoproxódecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), першопрохі́дник (peršoproxídnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), першопрохі́дниця (peršoproxídnycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-pathfinder-en-noun-NcoCVYXY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'One who discovers a way or path': 81 19
  2. One who first does something; a pioneer. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-pathfinder-en-noun-EscmIOTP Disambiguation of People: 29 71 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: trailblazer Derived forms: pathfinder prospectus Related terms: pathmaker

Inflected forms

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