Seeker
['siːkə] or ['sikɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves).
(noun.) someone making a search or inquiry; 'they are seekers after truth'.
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Definition
(n.) One who seeks; that which is used in seeking or searching.
(n.) One of a small heterogeneous sect of the 17th century, in Great Britain, who professed to be seeking the true church, ministry, and sacraments.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Inquirer.
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Examples
- The religious teacher found the profit-seeker at his side, unexpectedly eager to get the commonalty, if not educated, at least trained. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Let me but leave the good name to my three daughters, and that is enough for me; I am not a self-seeker. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In that way Lydgate put the question--not quite in the way required by the awaiting answer; but such missing of the right word befalls many seekers. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I took it for granted that she and her party of pleasure-seekers (Mr. Godfrey, alas! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- There sat the meagre charity-seekers, looking as if they were at the doctor's. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Sooner or later, these pleasure-seekers begin to feel tired and worn, and some of them turn to drugs and narcotics for artificial strength. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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