explorer
noun
ex·plor·er
ik-ˈsplȯr-ər 
1
: one that explores
especially
: a person who travels in search of geographical or scientific information
2
capitalized
: a member of a coed scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America for young people ages 14 to 20 focusing on career awareness
Examples of explorer in a Sentence
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America was founded by explorers and settlers with the wanderlust gene.
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Sarah Davanzo, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2024
The explorers discover a carnivorous aquatic cicada believed to be a mutation of a similar species that inhabits the surface of the Tepuis but only feed on plants.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
The first European to record seeing Mount Mulanje, in 1859, was Scotsman David Livingstone, the proselytizing explorer and devout abolitionist.
—Mark Jenkins, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
The cities that Native Americans left behind during the Little Ice Age—ruins such as those at Chaco Canyon and Cahokia—led European explorers and modern archaeologists alike to imagine societal collapse and the tragic loss of a golden age.
—Kathleen Duval, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2024
Since there were no photographs, historical newspaper clippings about the accident helped pinpoint the location of the ship, explained underwater explorer and historian Valerie van Heest, who developed the search grid.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
Today, 137 years later, the Milwaukee was identified 360 feet underwater by explorers with the Michigan Shipwreck Research Association.
—Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2024
To be an American is to be a descendant of conquerors, pioneers, visionaries, and explorers.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 16 Mar. 2024
That's back when famed plant explorers made of pig iron and buckshot were scouring the globe for new plants to diversify our gardens.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 5 Apr. 2024
Sarah Davanzo, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2024
The explorers discover a carnivorous aquatic cicada believed to be a mutation of a similar species that inhabits the surface of the Tepuis but only feed on plants.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
The first European to record seeing Mount Mulanje, in 1859, was Scotsman David Livingstone, the proselytizing explorer and devout abolitionist.
—Mark Jenkins, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
The cities that Native Americans left behind during the Little Ice Age—ruins such as those at Chaco Canyon and Cahokia—led European explorers and modern archaeologists alike to imagine societal collapse and the tragic loss of a golden age.
—Kathleen Duval, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2024
Since there were no photographs, historical newspaper clippings about the accident helped pinpoint the location of the ship, explained underwater explorer and historian Valerie van Heest, who developed the search grid.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
Today, 137 years later, the Milwaukee was identified 360 feet underwater by explorers with the Michigan Shipwreck Research Association.
—Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2024
To be an American is to be a descendant of conquerors, pioneers, visionaries, and explorers.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 16 Mar. 2024
That's back when famed plant explorers made of pig iron and buckshot were scouring the globe for new plants to diversify our gardens.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 5 Apr. 2024
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explorer
noun
ex·plor·er
ik-ˈsplōr-ər
-ˈsplȯr-
1
: one that explores
a vehicle called the lunar explorer
especially
: a person who travels in search of new geographical or scientific information
2
capitalized
: a member of the scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America for young people 14 to 20 years old
Medical Definition
explorer
noun
ex·plor·er
ik-ˈsplōr-ər, -ˈsplȯr-
: an instrument for exploring cavities especially in teeth : probe sense 1
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