Pathfinder - Definition and Overview

Pathfinder can have several meanings:

• The hero of a book of the same name, written by James Fenimore Cooper in his series, the Leatherstocking Tales
• Special forces of the United States (see Pathfinders (US army) and Pathfinder Badge)
• Elite squadrons of RAF Bomber Command during World War II (see Pathfinder (RAF))
• A Mars exploration probe (see Mars Pathfinder)
• The Nissan Pathfinder sport utility vehicle
• A number of warships of the Royal Navy (see HMS Pathfinder)
• A space shuttle mockup (see Space Shuttle Pathfinder)
• A number of organisations grouped round the Socialist Workers Party (see Pathfinder tendency)
• In Star Trek the lead ship of a Starship class (see Pathfinder (Star Trek))
• The Pathfinder is the translated title of the 1987 Finnish film Sledopyt about a tribe's alpha hunter