locator

noun

lo·​ca·​tor ˈlō-ˌkā-tər 

lō-ˈkā-

variants or less commonly locater

: one that locates something (such as a mining claim or the course of a road)

Examples of locator in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In a final attempt, Cañizares went to Miami International Airport after finding Sánchez listed in a migrant locator system under U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody. —Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025

When the time comes, find them online and in stores using the Snack Works’ store locator. —Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Apr. 2025

Several years ago, ICE created a locator system for detainees because the agency often shuffles them around and holds them in rural places far from where they were arrested or living. —Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2025

Eventually, the poster heard the distinctive ping of an iPhone's locator sound coming from the vicinity of the second house. —Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1784, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing locator

• uniform resource locator
• universal resource locator

Rhymes for locator

• coater
• creator
• curator
• debater
• deflator
• dictator
• dilator
• equator
• mutator
• piscator
• pronator
• relator

Kids Definition

locator

noun

lo·​ca·​tor

variants also locater

ˈlō-ˌkāt-ər 

lō-ˈkāt-

: one that locates something (as a mining claim or the course of a road)