explorer

(ĭk-splôr'ər, -splōr'-)
n.

1. One that explores, especially one that explores a geographic area.
2. An implement or a tool used for exploring; a probe.
3. Explorer A person aged 14-20 who is a participant in the exploring program of the Boy Scouts of America.

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IN BRIEF: One who goes to a place about which nothing is known.

I am not a glutton — I am an explorer of food. — Erma Bombeck (1927-1996).

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n

A dental instrument with a slender head that is honed to a fine point, used to conduct a tactile examination and appraisal of pits and fissures, carious lesions, root surfaces, and margins of restoration.

Explorers. (Daniel/Harfst, 2002)

For a list of words related to Explorer, see:

• Space Exploration and Rocketry - Explorer: first series of NASA space probes

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See words rhyming with "explorer."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - opdagelsesrejsende

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontdekkingsreiziger, onderzoeker, deelnemer aan programma voor beroepskeuze (V.S.)

Français (French)
n. - explorateur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Forschungsreisender

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εξερευνητής

Italiano (Italian)
esploratore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - explorador (m), sonda (f)

Русский (Russian)
исследователь

Español (Spanish)
n. - explorador

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - utforskare, upptäcktsresande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
探险家, 探测者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 探險家, 探測者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 탐험가, 탐색기구, 탐침

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 探検家, 調査する人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مسبار, المستكشف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חוקר ארצות‬

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