trackmaker

trackmaker

English

Etymology

From track +‎ maker.

Noun

trackmaker (plural trackmakers)

  1. An organism that leaves tracks as it moves, especially one whose tracks can be found in fossils.
  2. One who makes a track or path for others; a trailblazer.
    • 1980, Paul F. Lambert, Joseph B. Thoburn, Pioneer Historian and Archaeologist
      Joseph B. Thoburn was the pioneer historian and archaeologist of Oklahoma, a "trackmaker" who had a tremendous impact on his adopted state. His interests and fields of activity were many and diverse, […]
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