English
exploratress
From explorator + -ess.
Formed from explorator + -ess
Latin plorō ‘to shout, to cry’
Latin explōrō ‘to explore, to spy upon, to test’
Latin explōrātor ‘an explorer’
Middle French explorateur
Middle English exploratour ‘scout or spy’
English explorator
Today it means
noun A female explorer.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / exploratress