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locater

noun

Something which serves to locate

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Meanings

nounlocater (plural locaters)

plural locaters

Something which serves to locate
A perusal of recent transcripts reveals that Hillary Clinton likes “I am thrilled to see all of you” and “I am so pleased to be with all of you,” with an occasional locater: “I am so happy to be back here in [wherever].”
2008 March 16, William Safire, “Salutations”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna person who fixes the boundaries of land claims

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From locate + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with locater

later greater creator locator vibrator translator spectator terminator cater crater narrator slater curator gator mater alligator waiter dictator skater incubator equator traitor updater rotator

Anagrams

Cleator Lacorte crotale Cratloe catlore

Cite this entry

APA

locater. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/locater

MLA

“locater.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/locater. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “locater,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/locater.

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