locator

noun

lo·​ca·​tor ˈlō-ˌkā-tər 

lō-ˈkā-

variants or less commonly locater

: one that locates something (such as a mining claim or the course of a road)

Examples of locator in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Three of the names, marked with asterisks, did not appear to be in the locator system, which requires exact spellings. —Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025

This article was updated with a locator map and additional comments from Ramón Celis. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025

People can look up where someone is being detained through ICE’s online detainee locator system. —Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025

The Meridian store at 100 E. Fairview Ave. remains open, as do stores in Lewiston, Coeur d’Alene and Idaho Falls, according to the company’s store locator. —Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 9 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1784, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing locator

• uniform resource locator
• universal resource locator

Rhymes for locator

• coater
• creator
• curator
• debater
• deflator
• dictator
• dilator
• equator
• mutator
• piscator
• pronator
• relator

Kids Definition

locator

noun

lo·​ca·​tor

variants also locater

ˈlō-ˌkāt-ər 

lō-ˈkāt-

: one that locates something (as a mining claim or the course of a road)