"discoverer" meaning in English

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Noun

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Etymology: From Middle English discoverour, dyscowerer, partly from Middle French descouvreur and partly equivalent to discover + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|discoverour}} Middle English discoverour, {{der|en|frm|descouvreur}} Middle French descouvreur, {{suffix|en|discover|er|id2=agent noun}} discover + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} discoverer (plural discoverers)
  1. One who discovers: a person who has discovered something. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: finder, repertor [obsolete] Derived forms: Discoverers' Day Translations (one who discovers): εὑρετής (heuretḗs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), εὑρέτις (heurétis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), адкрыва́льнік (adkryválʹnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), descobridor [masculine] (Catalan), opdager [common-gender] (Danish), découvreur [feminine] (French), descubridor [masculine] (Galician), Entdecker [masculine] (German), felfedező (Hungarian), lelő (Hungarian), scopritore [masculine] (Italian), scopritrice [feminine] (Italian), repertor [masculine] (Latin), oppdager [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), обрѣтатєль (obrětatelĭ) (Old Church Slavonic), کاشف (kâšef) (Persian), odkrywca [masculine] (Polish), odkrywczyni [feminine] (Polish), descobridor [masculine] (Portuguese), descoperitor [masculine] (Romanian), открыва́тель (otkryvátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), descubridor [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), upptäckare [common-gender] (Swedish), kaşif (Turkish), відкрива́ч (vidkryváč) [masculine] (Ukrainian), کاشف (kāśif) (Urdu)

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      "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
      "roman": "obrětatelĭ",
      "sense": "one who discovers",
      "word": "обрѣтатєль"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kâšef",
      "sense": "one who discovers",
      "word": "کاشف"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who discovers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "odkrywca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who discovers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "odkrywczyni"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who discovers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "descobridor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "one who discovers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "descoperitor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otkryvátelʹ",
      "sense": "one who discovers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "открыва́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who discovers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "descubridor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who discovers",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "upptäckare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who discovers",
      "word": "kaşif"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidkryváč",
      "sense": "one who discovers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "відкрива́ч"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "kāśif",
      "sense": "one who discovers",
      "word": "کاشف"
    }
  ],
  "word": "discoverer"
}

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