locator

[loh-key-ter, loh-key-ter] /ˈloʊ keɪ tər, loʊˈkeɪ tər/

noun

a person who locates something.

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

Sometimes, locater.

Origin

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

Examples from the web for locators

Nearly everything has to be provided with at minimum a drawing including a few locators.

Word Origin and History for locators

c.1600, of persons, from Latin locator, agent noun from locare (see locate). Of things which locate, from 1902.

locators in Medicine

locator lo·ca·tor (lō'kā'tər)
n.
An instrument or apparatus for finding the position of a foreign object in tissue.