seeker

Noun

US[see-ker]/ˈsikɚ/2 syllables

Synonyms: searcher quester

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)seekers

someone making a search or inquiry“they are seekers after truth”Synonyms: searcher questerType of actor, doerKinds hunter, gadabout, finder
a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves)Type of projectile, missile

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Translations

Noun one who seeks

Spanish: buscador
French: chercheur
German: Sucher
Italian: cercatore
Portuguese: buscador
Turkish: arayıcı
Russian: иска́тель iskátelʹ
Dutch: zoeker
Greek: αναζητητής anazititís
Portuguese (PT): buscante

3 more languages

Esperanto: serĉisto
Finnish: etsijä
Serbo-Croatian: tragač

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Seek′er noun

1. One who seeks; that which is used in seeking or searching.

2. Church One of a small heterogeneous sect of the 17th century, in Great Britain, who professed to be seeking the true church, ministry, and sacraments.

A skeptic [is] ever seeking and never finds, like our new upstart sect of Seekers.— William Bullokar

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54