locator

[ loh-key-ter, loh-key-ter ]

/ ˈloʊ keɪ tər, loʊˈkeɪ tər /

a person who locates something.

a person who determines or establishes the boundaries of land or a mining claim.

Sometimes lo·cat·er.

Origin of locator

1600–10; < Latin locātor a contractor, lessor, equivalent to locā(re) (see locate) + -tor -tor

"Three miles from the buffalo waller," our locator had said.

Land of the Burnt Thigh |Edith Eudora Kohl
He sensed Kerim's eyes on him but kept his gaze fixed on the locator plate.

The Winds of Time |James H. Schmitz
The locator signal is almost exactly north-by-northeast of us.

Four-Day Planet |Henry Beam Piper
It brought the dot up to dead center point in the locator plate and stopped.

The Winds of Time |James H. Schmitz

Now the star map began to glide through the locator plate, carrying the fixed green dot with it.

The Winds of Time |James H. Schmitz

locator

[ lō′kā′tər ]

An instrument or apparatus for finding the position of a foreign object in tissue.