n. 1. One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact. [ 1913 Webster ]
The discoverers and searchers of the land. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]
[罗巴切夫斯基 / 羅巴切夫斯基, Luó bā qiè fū sī jīㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄚ ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄈㄨ ㄙ ㄐㄧ] Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1793-1856), one of the discoverers of non-Euclidean geometry#355308
[黄以静 / 黃以靜, Huáng Yǐ jìngㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ] Wong Yee Ching or Flossie Wong-Staal (1947-) Hong Kong American virologist, joint discoverer of the HIV AIDS virus#1042003