locatern.
/lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪtə/, U.S. /ˈloʊˌkeɪdər/ 1. Originally and chiefly U.S. A person who makes a claim to land or mining rights, or takes up a grant of land, by establishing and registering the boundaries of the claim or grant; = locator n. 2.
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the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > of land > under government scheme > one who
encloserc1547
locator1784
locater1816
free selector1864
pegger1901
1816 U. Brown Jrnl. 18 July in Maryland Hist. Mag. Dec. (1915) 10 364 Those present Land Locaters Surveys will hold good until the former can be Established.
1875 Daily Territorial Enterprise 20 June The first locaters of Gold Hill were John Bishop, Aleck Anderson, ‘Old Virginny’, Vigneau.., and one Richards, a renegade Mormon.
1921 Chambers's Jrnl. 9 Apr. 290/1 A great many mineral-claims..upon which their locaters built high hopes.
1992 Z. J. B. Plater et al. Environmental Law & Policy xiv. 697 After several years of negligible work and payment of a modest fee, the locater can be granted a federal patent that will entitle her to outright ownership of the former mining claim.
2. Something which locates; a device or system used for determining the position or location of something; = locator n. 4. Frequently with preceding word specifying the thing being located.
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the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > ascertaining or determining position of anything > one who or that which
plotter1593
localizer1839
locater1897
locator1904
1897 Country Life Illustr. 11 Dec. 662/2 The other puncture locater was the Rowley, a liquid preparation... The locater would, no doubt, be excellent in the case of punctures that are not microscopic.
1902 Cyclists' Touring Club Gaz. Aug. 359/1 A spicule of flint..pierced my tube, but kindly remained in evidence as a locater.
1946 Fortune Aug. 195/1 Installations..to add both speed and safety to landings in instrument weather: instrument-landing systems (I.L.S.), locater stations near airports, high-intensity approach and runway lights.
2007 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 19 July c7 Verizon's child locater..adds a ‘geofencing’ service that allows parents to define an area—such as a school or baby sitter's house—where the child is permitted.
Compounds
locater beacon n. = locator beacon n. at locator n. Compounds.
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1956 Pakistan i. iii. 214 A Locater Beacon has also been installed at this [sc. Lahore (Walton)] airport.
1995 S. B. Kauffman & G. E. Hopkins Pan Am Pioneer 112 This was before the famous flight recorder (or ‘black box,’ as it was nicknamed) was required to include a locater beacon.
2014 Nelson Mail (N.Z.) (Nexis) 16 Sept. 8 The deaths of two South Island climbers have reignited calls for outdoor enthusiasts to carry locater beacons.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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