Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who explores; one who searches or examines closely.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher.

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  • noun dated One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher.

Etymologies

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Latin

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Examples

  • 'Rufus' was employed as an 'explorator' -- a pioneer, or scout, along the wall, as he had an exact knowledge of the country, but he was at the moment engaged upon a piece of sculpture -- having a natural gift for the chisel -- and was putting a final touch to the figure of a lion standing above a dead stag.

    Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease

  • * Ecelesiae quidem veritate Epistolam istam ` ad Ephesios 'habemus emissam, non ` ad Laodicenos;' sed Marcion ei titulum aliquando interpolare gestiit, quasi et in isto diligentissimus explorator.

    The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established 1813-1888 1871

  • (N.T. in loco.) [156] "Ecelesiae quidem veritate Epistolam istam ` ad Ephesios 'habemus emissam, non ` ad Laodicenos;' sed Marcion ei titulum aliquando interpolare gestiit, quasi et in isto diligentissimus explorator."

    The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established 1813-1888 1871

  • Only two words had to be erased, -- the very two words whose omission we are trying to account for, -- in order to give some colour to his proposed attribution of the Epistle, ( "quasi in isto diligentissimus explorator,") -- to the Laodiceans.

    The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established 1813-1888 1871

  • Only two words had to be erased, — _the very two words whose omission we are trying to account for_, — in order to give some colour to his proposed attribution of the Epistle, (“quasi in isto diligentissimus explorator,”) — to the Laodiceans.

    The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark John William Burgon 1850

  • My father understood me better, shook me by the hand as I got into the chaise, and muttered, out of Seneca: "Non tanquam transfuga, sed tanquam explorator" ( "Not to desert, but examine").

    The Caxtons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • My father understood me better, shook me by the hand as I got into the chaise, and muttered, out of Seneca: "Non tanquam transfuga, sed tanquam explorator"

    The Caxtons — Volume 18 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • Here's hoping that Colbert and the members of his explorator ­­y committee quash this misguided move, and seek support from more savory sources.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post 2012

  • Explorator Resources Inc. David O'Connor President info@explorator. ca www. explorator.ca

    TradingMarkets 2010

  • A plan map showing pre-2009 drilling, together with 2009 drilling in the Rachel area is attached at the end of this release and may be found on the Company's web site at www. explorator.ca.

    TradingMarkets 2010

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