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Definition of Seeker
1. Noun. Someone making a search or inquiry. "They are seekers after truth"
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Specialized synonyms: Finder, Gadabout, Hunter
Derivative terms: Quest, Search, Search, Search, Search
2. Noun. A missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves).
Definition of Seeker
1. n. One who seeks; that which is used in seeking or searching.
Definition of Seeker
1. Noun. One who seeks. ¹
2. Noun. Especially, a religious seeker: a pilgrim, or one who aspires to enlightenment, Nirvana, Salvation, or God Realization ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Seeker
1. one that seeks [n -S] - See also: seeks
Medical Definition of Seeker
1. 1. One who seeks; that which is used in seeking or searching. 2. 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." (Bullokar) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seeker
Literary usage of Seeker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Free speech bibliography: including every discovered attitude toward the by Theodore Albert Schroeder (1922)
"Truth seeker 45:184 March 23, 1918 TS Intellectual liberty and literary style.
... Truth seeker 45: 291 May 11, 1918 TS Meaning of free thought. ..."
2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"There were sixteen pupils, and seeker, in a letter to Dr. Watta, gives an
interesting account of their studies. Unable to make up his mind to which ..."
3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1800)
"... where Mr. seeker accompanied him, and lent him money to pay the expences of
removing. When he had acquired under Mr. Jones what learning he thought ..."
4. The Use of the National Forests: 1907 by United States Forest Service (1907)
"What happens to the home seeker? When a National Forest is created the home maker
is not interfered ... The home seeker can travel all through a Forest, ..."
5. The Use of the National Forests: 1907 by United States Forest Service (1907)
"What happens to the home seeker? When a National Forest is created the ...
The home seeker can travel all through a Forest, pick out the agricultural land ..."
6. The British Essayists by James Ferguson (1823)
"THE foundation of that singular eminence and dignity to which archbishop seeker
arrived, was certainly laid at the academy of Mr. Jones a dissenting teacher ..."
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