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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024path•find•er /ˈpæθˌfaɪndɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- one who finds a way, esp. through a wilderness or an unexplored area.
path•find•ing, n. [uncountable], adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024path•find•er (path′f īn′dər, päth′-),USA pronunciation n. - a person who finds or makes a path, way, route, etc.,esp. through a previously unexplored or untraveled wilderness.
- an airplane, or a person dropped from a plane, sent into a target area to illuminate the area for succeeding aircraft.
- Militarya radar beacon beamed into a target area to provide guidance for missiles seeking the target.
- Aerospace(cap.) an unmanned spacecraft that landed on Mars on July 4, 1997, to obtain climatic and geologic data.
- path + finder 1830–40, American.
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