3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

explorer

noun: someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose) [syn: {adventurer}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Explorer \Ex*plor"er\, noun One who explores; also, an apparatus with which one explores, as a diving bell.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

75 Moby Thesaurus words for "explorer": adventurer, alpinist, ancestor, announcer, antecedent, astronaut, avant-garde, bellwether, buccinator, bushwhacker, camper, climber, comers and goers, commuter, cosmopolite, cruiser, excursionist, fare, forebear, foregoer, forerunner, front runner, frontiersman, fugleman, globe-girdler, globe-trotter, goer, groundbreaker, guide, hajji, harbinger, herald, innovator, jet set, jet-setter, journeyer, lead runner, leader, mariner, messenger, mountaineer, palmer, passenger, passerby, pathfinder, pilgrim, pioneer, point, precedent, precursor, predecessor, rubberneck, rubbernecker, sailor, scout, sightseer, stormy petrel, straphanger, tourer, tourist, trailblazer, trailbreaker, transient, traveler, trekker, tripper, vanguard, vaunt-courier, viator, visiting fireman, voortrekker, voyager, voyageur, wayfarer, world-traveler

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