co-discoverer

1. 1.

   someone who is the first of two or more people to discover something

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Questions about co-discoverer

What does co-discoverer mean?

co-discoverer means "someone who is the first of two or more people to discover something".

How many syllables are in co-discoverer?

co-discoverer has 5 syllables and divides as co--di-sco-ve-rer under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is co-discoverer a common word?

co-discoverer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.