"locator" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-locator.wav [Southern-England] Forms: locators [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) Etymology: locate + -or Etymology templates: {{affix|en|locate|-or}} locate + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} locator (plural locators)
  1. One who, or that which, locates. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-locator-en-noun-49SO6wGX Disambiguation of People: 41 31 28
  2. (US) One who locates, or is entitled to locate, land or a mining claim. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-locator-en-noun-4og3Ypsw Categories (other): American English
  3. (travel industry) The unique alphanumeric reference given to each travel booking.
    Sense id: en-locator-en-noun-syCzYHpS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -or Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 30 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 27 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 18 33 49 Topics: lifestyle, tourism, transport, travel-industry
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: emergency locator transmitter, locator map, locator outer marker, personal locator beacon, record locator, Uniform Resource Locator, vendor locator

Inflected forms

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