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seeker

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seek·er  (skr)
n.
1. One that seeks: a seeker of the truth.
2. A device used in a moving object, especially a missile, that locates a target by detecting light, heat, or other radiation.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.seeker - someone making a search or inquiryseeker - someone making a search or inquiry; "they are seekers after truth"
quester, searcher
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
finder - someone who comes upon something after searching
gadabout - a restless seeker after amusement or social companionship
hunter - a person who searches for something; "a treasure hunter"
2.seeker - a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves)
projectile, missile - a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
Translations
seeker [ˈsiːkəʳ] N → buscador(a) m/f
seeker
n → Suchende(r) mf; (= pursuer) → Verfolger(in) m(f); to be a seeker of knowledge → auf der Suche nach Wissen or Erkenntnis sein; seeker of or after truth → Wahrheitssucher(in) m(f)
seeker [ˈsiːkəʳ] n → cercatore/trice
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AN Office Seeker whom the President had ordered out of Washington was watering the homeward highway with his tears.
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With bated breath and beating heart he moved toward the Rhetor (by which name the brother who prepared a seeker for entrance into the Brotherhood was known).
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Near this miserable Seeker sat a little elderly personage, wearing a high-crowned hat, shaped somewhat like a crucible.
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