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

Military aircraft contain emergency locator beacons that transmit automatically after a crash or after pilots eject. —Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026

Alan Diehl, a former investigator for the Air Force Safety Center, said the Strike Eagle has an emergency locator beacon in a survival kit that can be set to activate automatically or manually. —Sam Mednick, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026

The woman, whom Newtown referred to only as Jessica to protect her privacy, activated her personal locator beacon. —Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 31 Mar. 2026

Check the Shaw's store locator for your local store's hours. —Bailey Allen, The Providence Journal, 31 Mar. 2026

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)