pathfinder

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: path=find=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

pathfinder, n. 

 One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversed regions.  [1913 Webster]
"The cow is the true pathfinder and pathmaker."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pathfinder, n.
1 a person who explores new territory, investigates a new subject, etc.
2 an aircraft or its pilot sent ahead to locate and mark the target area for bombing.

THESAURUS

pathfinder

adventurer, alpinist, ancestor, announcer, antecedent, astronaut, avant-garde, bellwether, buccinator, bushwhacker, camper, climber, coach, comers and goers, commuter, cosmopolite, cruiser, excursionist, explorer, fare, forebear, foregoer, forerunner, front runner, frontiersman, fugleman, globe-girdler, globe-trotter, goer, groundbreaker, guide, hajji, harbinger, herald, innovator, instructor, jet set, jet-setter, journeyer, lead runner, leader, mariner, mentor, messenger, mountaineer, palmer, passenger, passerby, pilgrim, pioneer, point, precedent, precursor, predecessor, preparationist, preparator, preparer, rubberneck, rubbernecker, sailor, scout, sightseer, stormy petrel, straphanger, teacher, tourer, tourist, trailblazer, trailbreaker, trainer, transient, traveler, trekker, tripper, vanguard, vaunt-courier, viator, visiting fireman, voortrekker, voyager, voyageur, wayfarer, world-traveler