Definition of Pathfinder
Pathfinder
Path·find·er
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
A person or thing that discovers or shows the way to others.
e.g. The experienced hiker served as a pathfinder for the group through the dense forest.
(noun)
some forecast or plan that is experimental and expected to give rise to others like it;
e.g. Their experiments are thought to be the pathfinder for future such projects.
(noun)
an aircraft that is sent ahead of a fleet to locate and identify/mark the area that is a target for bombing, or the pilot of such an aircraft;
e.g. They went in search of their pathfinder so they would hit the correct target.
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