pathfindern.

Brit.

/ˈpɑːθˌfʌɪndə/,

/ˈpaθˌfʌɪndə/, U.S.

/ˈpæθˌfaɪndər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: path n.¹, finder n.

Etymology: < path n.¹ + finder n.With sense 1c compare German Pfadfinder (1909 in an adaptation of R. S. S. Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys (1908); compare quot. 1908 at sense 1c).

Originally U.S.

a. A person who finds or marks a path or way; an explorer.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > colonist or settler > [noun] > frontiersman or pioneer

dew-beatera1670

frontier1677

frontierman1782

pathfinder1840

frontager1893

old residenter1898

society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > explorer or discoverer

finder1405

explorer1577

Columbus1593

pioneera1817

explorator1836

pathfinder1840

path-cleaver1896

trail-blazer1908

trail-hound1931

society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > one who guides or leads > pathfinder

pathfinder1840

1840 J. F. Cooper (title) The pathfinder.

1860 W. Whitman Leaves of Grass (new ed.) 425 The path-finder, penetrating inland, weary and long.

1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) I. ii. 32 A great forerunner among the pathfinders across the continent.

1970 P. Berton National Dream iv. i. 148 Axemen, following the pathfinders blazes, hacked the lines clear of brush.

b. In extended use: a person who or thing which opens up new ways; esp. a person who seeks out or disseminates new ideas or ways; a trailblazer, a trendsetter.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > pioneering or breaking new ground > a pioneer

pioneer1605

outstarter1738

advance guard1759

path-breaker1843

pathfinder1847

torch-bearer1847

path-hewer1879

pacesetter1895

pacemaker1905

trail-blazer1908

style-setter1959

1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 169 Sharpest-sighted god.., Path-finder, road-builder, Mediator, royal giver.

1898 W. James Coll. Ess. & Rev. (1920) 408 Philosophers are after all like poets. They are path-finders.

1932 C. Fuller Louis Trigardt's Trek 18 These were the ‘pathfinders’ of the greater movement that followed in their wake.

1984 B. Reid So Much Love viii. 129 We were path-finders. In the British theatre nobody before had spoken about Lesbianism.

2003 St. Petersburg Times (Florida) (Nexis) 25 Feb. (Citrus Times section) 1 Although Fox has clearly been the trash-television pathfinder, other networks have been quick to jump on the downhill rolling bandwagon.

c. In the Scouts and Guides: a person who has attained a certain level of skill in giving directions or finding the way, so as to qualify for a proficiency badge or other emblem. Also: a member of a branch of Guides with the name Pathfinders; a member of any of various youth organizations with the name Pathfinders.

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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > specific youth organizations > awards

proficiency badge1882

tenderfoot1908

pathfinder1911

society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > specific youth organizations > members of scouts or guides

Boy Scout1908

patrol leader1908

scout1908

scoutmaster1908

tenderfoot1908

captain1909

Girl Guide1909

Girl Scout1909

lieutenant1909

pathfinder1911

sea scout1911

rosebud1914

brownie1916

sixer1916

tenderpad1916

Brown Owl1918

rover1918

Rover Scout1918

ranger1920

tawny owl1921

Cub1922

Akela1924

scouter1930

Guider1931

den mother1936

Queen's Guide1946

Queen's Scout1952

Venture Scout1966

Beaver1975

skipper1986

1908 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Scouting for Boys iii. 162 Among the Red Indian scouts the man who was good at finding his way in a strange country was termed a ‘Pathfinder’.]

1911 Boy Scout Tests 244 Pathfinder Badge. It is necessary to know every lane, by-path, and short cut for a distance of at least two miles in every direction around the local Scouts' headquarters.

1914 Girl Guides' Gaz. Jan. 8 (in figure) Girl Guide Proficiency Badges... Hospital Nurse..Pathfinder..Flyer.

1928 Observer 5 Feb. 16/5 Before the war ‘Pathfinders’ were founded. This was the first German attempt to apply the rules and regulations of Boy Scouts as known in Britain.

1986 Scouting Mar. 6/3 The Pathfinder Award is the worst, being a bright luminous green.

2002 London Free Press (Nexis) 6 Apr. f5 We are the 77th Pathfinders (12–15-year-old members of Girl Guides of Canada (Guides du Canada)).

d. In form Pathfinder. (In plural) an Anglican organization for children of secondary school age founded in 1952; (in singular) a member of this; (later also) a member of any of various similar Christian youth organizations.

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wander-bird1924

Wandervogel1928

4-H'er1935

pathfinder1960

Sea Cadet1976

1960 T. L. Livermore in R. E. H. Bowdler Pathfinder Syllabus Outl. Notes—Year 1 3 Pathfinders is an Anglican attempt to meet the special needs of secondary schoolchildren.

1962 Orbit Jan. 3/2 Pathfinders regard the Lord Himself as their real Pathfinder Leader.

1989 Church Times 10 Mar. 20/5 (advt.) CPAS are wanting to appoint a person of informed evangelical conviction and of proven management ability to be responsible for its CYFA, Pathfinder, Explorer/Climber/Scrambler Sections.

2002 Northern Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 22 Nov. Money raised will help send the church's Pathfinders youth group to the Pathfinders Camporee in South Australia.

2. Botany. = nectar guide n. at nectar n. Compounds 3. Now rare.

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the world > plants > part of plant > plant substances > [noun] > nectar or honey-dew > part of plant secreting > markings showing location of

honeyguide1879

nectar mark1881

nectar guide1885

pathfinder1889

nectar spot1892

1889 Bot. Gaz. 14 120 In D. Ajacis, according to Sprengel.., the upper petals also form the pathfinders by a variation in color.

1903 Amer. Naturalist 37 378 The pathfinders of the purple-red Lamium maculatum are dark red with white markings.

3. An aircraft or pilot sent ahead of bombing aircraft to locate and mark out the target for attack.

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > used in warfare > aircraft marking target for bombers

spotter1904

pathfinder1943

society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > person in control of aircraft or spacecraft > person in control of aircraft > air force pilot > flying in specific position

tail-end Charlie1941

pathfinder1943

wing-man1946

1943 Times 25 Nov. 4/4 Red tracer bullets were continually fired from the ground at the pathfinders' flares.

1959 R. Collier City that wouldn't Die i. 22 As pathfinders their function was to spotlight the target..with thousands of chandelier flares and incendiary bombs.

1977 Times 10 June 16/3 A former wartime Path~finder with DFC and Bar.

1992 A. J. Levine Strategic Bombing of Germany, 1940–45 iv. 52 Visibility was bad, and some Pathfinders had to drop their marker bombs on H2S.

Compounds

pathfinder prospectus n. Business a prospectus which contains information relating to the proposed flotation of a company but does not state the expected price of shares.A pathfinder prospectus is issued prior to an official prospectus.

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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > specific operations or arrangements > promoting joint-stock company > related documentation

red herring1935

pathfinder prospectus1984

1984 Times 23 Aug. 15/1 There will be a ‘pathfinder’ or ‘red herring’ prospectus, circulated among the institutions..in the two to three weeks before the issue.

1997 Investors Chron. 19 Sept. 77/3 The pathfinder prospectus is expected at the end of September.

2002 Financial Times (Nexis) 6 Dec. 28 Mr Davidson said he would shortly appoint a broker to the floats, ahead of a pathfinder prospectus expected next week.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pathfinder
释义	pathfindern. Brit. /ˈpɑːθˌfʌɪndə/, /ˈpaθˌfʌɪndə/, U.S. /ˈpæθˌfaɪndər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: path n.¹, finder n. Etymology: < path n.¹ + finder n.With sense 1c compare German Pfadfinder (1909 in an adaptation of R. S. S. Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys (1908); compare quot. 1908 at sense 1c). Originally U.S. 1. a. A person who finds or marks a path or way; an explorer. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > colonist or settler > [noun] > frontiersman or pioneer dew-beatera1670 frontier1677 frontierman1782 pathfinder1840 frontager1893 old residenter1898 society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > explorer or discoverer finder1405 explorer1577 Columbus1593 pioneera1817 explorator1836 pathfinder1840 path-cleaver1896 trail-blazer1908 trail-hound1931 society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > one who guides or leads > pathfinder pathfinder1840 1840 J. F. Cooper (title) The pathfinder. 1860 W. Whitman Leaves of Grass (new ed.) 425 The path-finder, penetrating inland, weary and long. 1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) I. ii. 32 A great forerunner among the pathfinders across the continent. 1970 P. Berton National Dream iv. i. 148 Axemen, following the pathfinders blazes, hacked the lines clear of brush. b. In extended use: a person who or thing which opens up new ways; esp. a person who seeks out or disseminates new ideas or ways; a trailblazer, a trendsetter. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > pioneering or breaking new ground > a pioneer pioneer1605 outstarter1738 advance guard1759 path-breaker1843 pathfinder1847 torch-bearer1847 path-hewer1879 pacesetter1895 pacemaker1905 trail-blazer1908 style-setter1959 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 169 Sharpest-sighted god.., Path-finder, road-builder, Mediator, royal giver. 1898 W. James Coll. Ess. & Rev. (1920) 408 Philosophers are after all like poets. They are path-finders. 1932 C. Fuller Louis Trigardt's Trek 18 These were the ‘pathfinders’ of the greater movement that followed in their wake. 1984 B. Reid So Much Love viii. 129 We were path-finders. In the British theatre nobody before had spoken about Lesbianism. 2003 St. Petersburg Times (Florida) (Nexis) 25 Feb. (Citrus Times section) 1 Although Fox has clearly been the trash-television pathfinder, other networks have been quick to jump on the downhill rolling bandwagon. c. In the Scouts and Guides: a person who has attained a certain level of skill in giving directions or finding the way, so as to qualify for a proficiency badge or other emblem. Also: a member of a branch of Guides with the name Pathfinders; a member of any of various youth organizations with the name Pathfinders. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > specific youth organizations > awards proficiency badge1882 tenderfoot1908 pathfinder1911 society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > specific youth organizations > members of scouts or guides Boy Scout1908 patrol leader1908 scout1908 scoutmaster1908 tenderfoot1908 captain1909 Girl Guide1909 Girl Scout1909 lieutenant1909 pathfinder1911 sea scout1911 rosebud1914 brownie1916 sixer1916 tenderpad1916 Brown Owl1918 rover1918 Rover Scout1918 ranger1920 tawny owl1921 Cub1922 Akela1924 scouter1930 Guider1931 den mother1936 Queen's Guide1946 Queen's Scout1952 Venture Scout1966 Beaver1975 skipper1986 1908 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Scouting for Boys iii. 162 Among the Red Indian scouts the man who was good at finding his way in a strange country was termed a ‘Pathfinder’.] 1911 Boy Scout Tests 244 Pathfinder Badge. It is necessary to know every lane, by-path, and short cut for a distance of at least two miles in every direction around the local Scouts' headquarters. 1914 Girl Guides' Gaz. Jan. 8 (in figure) Girl Guide Proficiency Badges... Hospital Nurse..Pathfinder..Flyer. 1928 Observer 5 Feb. 16/5 Before the war ‘Pathfinders’ were founded. This was the first German attempt to apply the rules and regulations of Boy Scouts as known in Britain. 1986 Scouting Mar. 6/3 The Pathfinder Award is the worst, being a bright luminous green. 2002 London Free Press (Nexis) 6 Apr. f5 We are the 77th Pathfinders (12–15-year-old members of Girl Guides of Canada (Guides du Canada)). d. In form Pathfinder. (In plural) an Anglican organization for children of secondary school age founded in 1952; (in singular) a member of this; (later also) a member of any of various similar Christian youth organizations. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > specific youth organizations > members of other youth organizations wander-bird1924 Wandervogel1928 4-H'er1935 pathfinder1960 Sea Cadet1976 1960 T. L. Livermore in R. E. H. Bowdler Pathfinder Syllabus Outl. Notes—Year 1 3 Pathfinders is an Anglican attempt to meet the special needs of secondary schoolchildren. 1962 Orbit Jan. 3/2 Pathfinders regard the Lord Himself as their real Pathfinder Leader. 1989 Church Times 10 Mar. 20/5 (advt.) CPAS are wanting to appoint a person of informed evangelical conviction and of proven management ability to be responsible for its CYFA, Pathfinder, Explorer/Climber/Scrambler Sections. 2002 Northern Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 22 Nov. Money raised will help send the church's Pathfinders youth group to the Pathfinders Camporee in South Australia. 2. Botany. = nectar guide n. at nectar n. Compounds 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > plant substances > [noun] > nectar or honey-dew > part of plant secreting > markings showing location of honeyguide1879 nectar mark1881 nectar guide1885 pathfinder1889 nectar spot1892 1889 Bot. Gaz. 14 120 In D. Ajacis, according to Sprengel.., the upper petals also form the pathfinders by a variation in color. 1903 Amer. Naturalist 37 378 The pathfinders of the purple-red Lamium maculatum are dark red with white markings. 3. An aircraft or pilot sent ahead of bombing aircraft to locate and mark out the target for attack. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > used in warfare > aircraft marking target for bombers spotter1904 pathfinder1943 society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > person in control of aircraft or spacecraft > person in control of aircraft > air force pilot > flying in specific position tail-end Charlie1941 pathfinder1943 wing-man1946 1943 Times 25 Nov. 4/4 Red tracer bullets were continually fired from the ground at the pathfinders' flares. 1959 R. Collier City that wouldn't Die i. 22 As pathfinders their function was to spotlight the target..with thousands of chandelier flares and incendiary bombs. 1977 Times 10 June 16/3 A former wartime Path~finder with DFC and Bar. 1992 A. J. Levine Strategic Bombing of Germany, 1940–45 iv. 52 Visibility was bad, and some Pathfinders had to drop their marker bombs on H2S. Compounds pathfinder prospectus n. Business a prospectus which contains information relating to the proposed flotation of a company but does not state the expected price of shares.A pathfinder prospectus is issued prior to an official prospectus. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > specific operations or arrangements > promoting joint-stock company > related documentation red herring1935 pathfinder prospectus1984 1984 Times 23 Aug. 15/1 There will be a ‘pathfinder’ or ‘red herring’ prospectus, circulated among the institutions..in the two to three weeks before the issue. 1997 Investors Chron. 19 Sept. 77/3 The pathfinder prospectus is expected at the end of September. 2002 Financial Times (Nexis) 6 Dec. 28 Mr Davidson said he would shortly appoint a broker to the floats, ahead of a pathfinder prospectus expected next week. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1840
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