locatorn.

Brit.

/lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈloʊˌkeɪdər/

Forms: 1600s locatour, 1600s– locator.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin locātor.

Etymology: < classical Latin locātor person who lets out property, person who gives a contract, in post-classical Latin also undertaker of a rural colonist settlement (13th cent.) < locāt- , past participial stem of locāre locate v. + -or -or suffix. Compare French locateur person who lets out property (1606; earlier in Old French and Middle French in sense ‘person who rents property’ (13th cent.)). In sense 3 after locate v. 3; compare locative adj. 3 and location n. 1b.

†1. Chiefly Roman Law, Civil Law, and Scots Law. A person who leases goods or property, or who offers services for hire. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > hiring or letting out > [noun] > hirer out

letter1552

hirer1591

locator1607

letter-out1671

setter1806

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 72 [Some] buy Kye and let them forth to farme, reseruing the calfe to themselues, and if by the negligence of the cow-heard..the cow cast the calfe, then is the hirer bound to answer the value, but if it miscarry without his negligence..then is the losse equall to the Locatour or Farmer.

1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea i. xiv. 87 The people was Lord thereof and Letter or Locator [L. locator].

1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. x. §77 160 The Obligation on the part of the Locator, is to deliver the thing locat, and to continue it during the time of the location.

a1732 J. Ayliffe New Pandect Rom. Civil Law (1734) iv. 463 But when such Hinderance is not occasion'd by the Fault of the Locator, he shall only remit the Rent or Hire, without an Assesment of Damages.

1872 Bell's Princ. Law Scot. (ed. 6) §133 60 The Locator or Letter of the subject or of the labour.

1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iii. Comm. 423 The locator supplies a service for which the conductor pays the price.

1913 Cambr. Medieval Hist. II. iii. 95 Contracts for building a house, carriage of goods, training of a slave, etc., come under this head, where the locator supplied the site or other material.

2. Originally and chiefly North American. 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. Cf. locater n. 1, locate v. 4b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > of land > under government scheme > one who

encloserc1547

locator1784

locater1816

free selector1864

pegger1901

1784 J. Filson Discov. Kentucke 38 A copy of the record must be taken out in twelve months, after the return of the survey, and produced to the assistant register of the land-office in Kentucke, where it must lie six months, that prior locators may have time and opportunity to enter a caveat, and prove their better right.

1847 in Hist. Rec. Austral. (1925) 1st Ser. XXV. 563 The Establishments of the licensed Locators of the Crown Lands.

1882 B. Harte Flip 132 As one of the original locators of the ‘Eagle Mine’ he enjoyed a certain income.

1883 Cent. Mag. 25 585/1 Here no locator encroached upon his neighbor's claim.

1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 25 Apr. 6/4 A rush of locators is in progress from Salmo as the result of the discovery of free gold on Deer Creek.

2008 G. M. Bakken Mining Law of 1872 (2011) i. 14 Locators of a vein or lode could claim lands for mining or milling purposes.

†3. A person who appoints someone to an official position. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only in the works of Jeremy Bentham: cf. locate v. 3.

ΚΠ

1816 J. Bentham Extract Constit. Code: Official Aptitude Maximized 34 Of this scrutiny, as of the other, the result will lie in the view of each locator.

4. A device or system used for finding or determining the location or source of something. Frequently with preceding word specifying the thing being located. Cf. locater n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > [noun] > finding direction > device for finding direction

orientator1844

locator1904

direction-finder1913

D.F.1920

the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > ascertaining or determining position of anything > one who or that which

plotter1593

localizer1839

locater1897

locator1904

1904 Sci. Amer. 19 Mar. 240/3 Electric cable fault locator.

1920 Sci. Amer. Monthly Dec. 345/1 If the location of the pipe line itself is unknown it may be found by a wireless pipe locator.

1971 J. B. Carroll et al. Word Frequency Bk. p. xix The editorial outputs prepared from the tape files included..a locator list that can be used to determine the source of every token in the Corpus.

1989 Equinox Jan. 32/1 The RECCO personal locator is a small transponder that weighs less than half an ounce..and can be easily affixed to a ski boot or sewn into clothing.

2011 Retail Week (Nexis) 12 Aug. Pay a visit to the retailer's website, go to the store locator and you'll notice a drop-down menu for country.

Compounds

locator beacon n. a small radio transmitter whose signal can be used by rescuers to provide the location of a person, vehicle, etc., that is lost or in distress.

ΚΠ

1948 Internat. Air Transport Assoc. Bull. No. 8 24/1 Standardization of marker beacons, glide paths, locator beacons, etc.

1992 J. Peters & J. Nichol Tornado Down (1993) xiii. 99 To get our personal locator beacons out, we had to inflate our Dayglo orange life-jackets.

2011 Independent 15 Dec. 3/5 The life raft's emergency locator beacon was picked up by HM Coastguard at Falmouth on Tuesday night.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	locator
释义	locatorn. Brit. /lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪtə/, U.S. /ˈloʊˌkeɪdər/ Forms: 1600s locatour, 1600s– locator. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin locātor. Etymology: < classical Latin locātor person who lets out property, person who gives a contract, in post-classical Latin also undertaker of a rural colonist settlement (13th cent.) < locāt- , past participial stem of locāre locate v. + -or -or suffix. Compare French locateur person who lets out property (1606; earlier in Old French and Middle French in sense ‘person who rents property’ (13th cent.)). In sense 3 after locate v. 3; compare locative adj. 3 and location n. 1b. †1. Chiefly Roman Law, Civil Law, and Scots Law. A person who leases goods or property, or who offers services for hire. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > hiring or letting out > [noun] > hirer out letter1552 hirer1591 locator1607 letter-out1671 setter1806 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 72 [Some] buy Kye and let them forth to farme, reseruing the calfe to themselues, and if by the negligence of the cow-heard..the cow cast the calfe, then is the hirer bound to answer the value, but if it miscarry without his negligence..then is the losse equall to the Locatour or Farmer. 1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea i. xiv. 87 The people was Lord thereof and Letter or Locator [L. locator]. 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. x. §77 160 The Obligation on the part of the Locator, is to deliver the thing locat, and to continue it during the time of the location. a1732 J. Ayliffe New Pandect Rom. Civil Law (1734) iv. 463 But when such Hinderance is not occasion'd by the Fault of the Locator, he shall only remit the Rent or Hire, without an Assesment of Damages. 1872 Bell's Princ. Law Scot. (ed. 6) §133 60 The Locator or Letter of the subject or of the labour. 1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iii. Comm. 423 The locator supplies a service for which the conductor pays the price. 1913 Cambr. Medieval Hist. II. iii. 95 Contracts for building a house, carriage of goods, training of a slave, etc., come under this head, where the locator supplied the site or other material. 2. Originally and chiefly North American. 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. Cf. locater n. 1, locate v. 4b. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > of land > under government scheme > one who encloserc1547 locator1784 locater1816 free selector1864 pegger1901 1784 J. Filson Discov. Kentucke 38 A copy of the record must be taken out in twelve months, after the return of the survey, and produced to the assistant register of the land-office in Kentucke, where it must lie six months, that prior locators may have time and opportunity to enter a caveat, and prove their better right. 1847 in Hist. Rec. Austral. (1925) 1st Ser. XXV. 563 The Establishments of the licensed Locators of the Crown Lands. 1882 B. Harte Flip 132 As one of the original locators of the ‘Eagle Mine’ he enjoyed a certain income. 1883 Cent. Mag. 25 585/1 Here no locator encroached upon his neighbor's claim. 1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 25 Apr. 6/4 A rush of locators is in progress from Salmo as the result of the discovery of free gold on Deer Creek. 2008 G. M. Bakken Mining Law of 1872 (2011) i. 14 Locators of a vein or lode could claim lands for mining or milling purposes. †3. A person who appoints someone to an official position. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only in the works of Jeremy Bentham: cf. locate v. 3. ΚΠ 1816 J. Bentham Extract Constit. Code: Official Aptitude Maximized 34 Of this scrutiny, as of the other, the result will lie in the view of each locator. 4. A device or system used for finding or determining the location or source of something. Frequently with preceding word specifying the thing being located. Cf. locater n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [noun] > finding direction > device for finding direction orientator1844 locator1904 direction-finder1913 D.F.1920 the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > ascertaining or determining position of anything > one who or that which plotter1593 localizer1839 locater1897 locator1904 1904 Sci. Amer. 19 Mar. 240/3 Electric cable fault locator. 1920 Sci. Amer. Monthly Dec. 345/1 If the location of the pipe line itself is unknown it may be found by a wireless pipe locator. 1971 J. B. Carroll et al. Word Frequency Bk. p. xix The editorial outputs prepared from the tape files included..a locator list that can be used to determine the source of every token in the Corpus. 1989 Equinox Jan. 32/1 The RECCO personal locator is a small transponder that weighs less than half an ounce..and can be easily affixed to a ski boot or sewn into clothing. 2011 Retail Week (Nexis) 12 Aug. Pay a visit to the retailer's website, go to the store locator and you'll notice a drop-down menu for country. Compounds locator beacon n. a small radio transmitter whose signal can be used by rescuers to provide the location of a person, vehicle, etc., that is lost or in distress. ΚΠ 1948 Internat. Air Transport Assoc. Bull. No. 8 24/1 Standardization of marker beacons, glide paths, locator beacons, etc. 1992 J. Peters & J. Nichol Tornado Down (1993) xiii. 99 To get our personal locator beacons out, we had to inflate our Dayglo orange life-jackets. 2011 Independent 15 Dec. 3/5 The life raft's emergency locator beacon was picked up by HM Coastguard at Falmouth on Tuesday night. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1607
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