English

Noun

explorator ‎(plural explorators)

1. (dated) One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher.

Latin

Etymology

From explōrāre (to investigate) + -or (agentive suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ek.sploːˈraː.tor/, [ɛk.spɫoːˈraː.tɔr]

Noun

explōrātor m ‎(genitive explōrātōris); third declension

1. a scout
2. a spy

Inflection

Third declension.

References

• explorator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• explorator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “explorator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.