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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.seekerseeker - someone making a search or inquiry; "they are seekers after truth"
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] Nbuscador(a) m/f
seeker
nSuchende(r) mf; (= pursuer)Verfolger(in) m(f); to be a seeker of knowledgeauf der Suche nach Wissen or Erkenntnis sein; seeker of or after truthWahrheitssucher(in) m(f)
seeker [ˈsiːkəʳ] ncercatore/trice
seeker [ˈsiːkəʳ] ncercatore/trice


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AN Office Seeker whom the President had ordered out of Washington was watering the homeward highway with his tears.
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).
Near this miserable Seeker sat a little elderly personage, wearing a high-crowned hat, shaped somewhat like a crucible.
 
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