explorer
noun/ɪkˈsplɔːrə(r)/
/ɪkˈsplɔːrər/
- a person who travels to places where few people have been before or places that are unknown to them, in order to find out more about them
- Early explorers traded directly with Indigenous people.
Extra ExamplesTopics Historyb1- the great British explorers of the sixteenth century
- The Arctic explorer has been preparing for his latest expedition.
- The river Amazon was named by Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- intrepid
- early
- …
- discover something
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