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Definition of Finder

1. Noun. Someone who comes upon something after searching.

2. Noun. Someone who is the first to observe something.

3. Noun. Optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest.

Definition of Finder

1. n. One who, or that which, finds; specifically (Astron.), a small telescope of low power and large field of view, attached to a larger telescope, for the purpose of finding an object more readily.

2. n. A slide ruled in squares, so as to assist in locating particular points in the field of vision.

Definition of Finder

1. Noun. One who finds, or discovers something. ¹

2. Noun. An optical device, such as a viewfinder, used to locate a target or other object of interest ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Finder

1. one that finds [n -S] - See also: finds

Medical Definition of Finder

1. One who, or that which, finds; specifically, a small telescope of low power and large field of view, attached to a larger telescope, for the purpose of finding an object more readily. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Finder

finch finched finches finching finchlike find fault find one's feet find oneself find out find the net

findability findable finde finder (current term) finder's fee finderlist finderlists finders finders keepers finderscope

finderscopes findest findeth findfault findfaults findin' finding finding fault

Literary usage of Finder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1904)
"By Professor GEORGE FORBES, FRS This paper deals with the facility of learning to use the range-finder, its employment with artillery, and its accuracy in ..."

2. The Political Code of the State of California by California, Creed Haymond, John Chilton Burch (1874)
"The acquisition of treasure by the finder is evidently founded on the rule ... If, within one year, an owner appears and finder to proves the property and ..."

3. A Treatise on the Law of Personal Property by James Schouler (1896)
"less the owner of the rescued property ought at least to make the finder whole for all expenses incidental to its preservation while in the latter's ..."

4. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1889)
"The transferee of a finder is in the same position as the transferee of a thief : in neither case does the transferee take a better title than the ..."

5. The Law of Negotiable Instruments: Including Promissory Notes, Bills of by James Matlock Ogden (1922)
"No title in finder. 209l. Copy admissible in evidence. 209i. ... There are certain duties and rights of the loser, finder and holder of lost and destroyed ..."

6. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"Originally it belonged to the finder; but many centuries ago it was adjudged to belong, to a greater or less extent, to the sovereign, and Grotius says this ..."

7. Revised Laws of the State of California: In Four Codes : Political, Civil by California, Creed Haymond, John Chilton Burch, Charles Lindley (1871)
"If the finder of a thing knows or suspects finder to who is the owner, ... The finder of a thing may, in good faith, claimant to before giving it up, ..."

8. Principles of the Law of Personal Property, Chattels and Choses: Including by Frank Hall Childs (1914)
"Rights of finder—Lien. If a finder is entitled to a reward he has a lien 1 on the article found, that is, can retain possession until the reward is paid or ..."

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