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explorer
[ ik-splawr-er ]
noun
- a person or thing that explores.
- a person who investigates unknown regions:
the great explorers of the Renaissance.
- any instrument used in exploring or sounding a wound, a cavity in a tooth, or the like.
- (initial capital letter) Also called Explorer Scout. a person between the ages 14 and 20 who is an active participant in the exploring program sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America.
- (initial capital letter) Aerospace. one of a long series of U.S. scientific satellites: Explorer 1 (1958) was the first U.S. artificial satellite.
Explorer
1/ ɪ°ìˈ²õ±è±ôɔ˰ùÉ™ /
noun
- a member of the senior branch of the Scouts Brit equivalentVenture Scout
Explorer
2/ ɪ°ìˈ²õ±è±ôɔ˰ùÉ™ /
noun
- any of the first series of US satellites. Explorer 1 , launched in 1958, confirmed the existence of intense radiation belts around the earth
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Example Sentences
An explorer has completed her attempt to become the first woman to solo traverse across Canada's largest island.
It didn’t feature Mikey Madison at all, but one of the week’s highlights was an animated short featuring Michael Longfellow and Yang as two explorers in 1620 sketching out their plan for New York City.
The area’s unpredictable depths have also meant that, over the centuries, merchant ships and explorers tended to avoid these waters.
These five places in California’s wilderness are jaw-droppingly beautiful but stealthily treacherous, taking the lives of explorers and rescuers alike.
During the pandemic, families, tiny day camper explorers and the public en masse hit the trails in their masks and basketball sneakers; it suddenly felt like Disneyland.
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