seeker
Americannoun
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seekers
plural
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a person or thing that seeks.
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Rocketry.
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a device in a missile that locates a target by sensing some characteristic of the target, as heat emission.
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a missile equipped with such a device.
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Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of seeker
Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at seek, -er 1
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These guidelines generally require that a clemency seeker have been released from prison for five years before they are eligible to request a pardon.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
The court heard Khadikhel had fled Afghanistan in 2019 and travelled to the UK as an asylum seeker.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
A desperate job seeker might not fact-check that affiliation and, thrilled to be contacted by the purported recruiter, send over her résumé or pay for consulting services to improve her chances at getting a job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
They merely pushed further than the average internet truth seeker.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
I was always the hider and he the seeker.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
His Vancouver dealership told him he was number 48 on the wait list of RAV4 seekers, meaning delivery would be months away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
For every person the UK sent back to France, the UK accepted a number of asylum seekers.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
The judgment means asylum seekers must be allowed to submit applications, even if they entered South Africa without the required documents.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
The Rohingya make up two-thirds of the roughly 190,000 Myanmar refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia, according to United Nations data.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
I do, however, and $5 to $6 an hour for what this lady freely admits is heavy labor with a high risk of repetitive-stress injuries seems guaranteed to repel all mathematically able job seekers.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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