pathfinder

English

Etymology

path +‎ finder

Noun

pathfinder (plural pathfinders)

1. One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversed regions.
   • J. Burroughs

     The cow is the true pathfinder and pathmaker.

2. One who first does something; a pioneer.

Derived terms

• pathfinder prospectus

Translations

One who discovers a way or path

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 探路者 (zh) (tànlùzhě)

• French: explorateur (fr) m, pionnier (fr) m
• Greek: ιχνηλάτης (el) (ichnilátis)
• Hungarian: cserkész (hu)
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• Persian: پیشاهنگ (fa) (pišâhang)
• Russian: разве́дчик (ru) m (razvédčik), первопроходец (ru) m (pervoproxodec)

See also

• pathmaker
• trailblazer