locator
noun
lo·ca·tor ˈlō-ˌkā-tər 
lō-ˈkā-
variants or less commonly locater
: one that locates something (such as a mining claim or the course of a road)
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Check out the the Starbucks app or use the Starbucks store locator to check your local store's holiday hours. 
Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 4 Sep. 2022 Investigators believe the plane crashed on Wednesday or Thursday, but Johnson said no emergency locator transmitter was ever activated. Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Aug. 2022 Inca Jay's high-definition locator (HDL) uses internal and external sensors to adjust headlights to adapt to curve and slope of the road along with where the driver is looking. Ed Garsten, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 To find out your local Wendy’s specific hours use the website’s store locator or call that location. Daryl Perry, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022 The car locator will launch at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla., this summer and at the Disneyland Resort later this year, the company said. Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022 Among options on the internet for finding more is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (type formula into the search field), and locator tools offered by the manufacturers: Similac, Enfamil and Perrigo. cleveland, 20 May 2022 In Ohio, one family took on the job of creating a treatment locator for the state. Aneri Pattani, CNN, 11 May 2022 The Locally platform offers several options for fine-tuning your locator tool. Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2017 See More
Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 4 Sep. 2022 Investigators believe the plane crashed on Wednesday or Thursday, but Johnson said no emergency locator transmitter was ever activated. Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Aug. 2022 Inca Jay's high-definition locator (HDL) uses internal and external sensors to adjust headlights to adapt to curve and slope of the road along with where the driver is looking. Ed Garsten, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 To find out your local Wendy’s specific hours use the website’s store locator or call that location. Daryl Perry, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022 The car locator will launch at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla., this summer and at the Disneyland Resort later this year, the company said. Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022 Among options on the internet for finding more is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (type formula into the search field), and locator tools offered by the manufacturers: Similac, Enfamil and Perrigo. cleveland, 20 May 2022 In Ohio, one family took on the job of creating a treatment locator for the state. Aneri Pattani, CNN, 11 May 2022 The Locally platform offers several options for fine-tuning your locator tool. Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2017 See More Word History
First Known Use
1784, in the meaning defined above