seeker
Americannoun
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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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Etymology
Origin of seeker
Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at seek, -er 1
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Safran Electronics & Defense will supply the kill-vehicle seeker, while Airbus Defence and Space and Thales will look after command, control and radar systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Judges at times proceeded with hearings before realizing the asylum seeker wasn’t in the room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
The average cost of housing an asylum seeker for one night in publicly-owned accommodation is £23.25, and £144 in a hotel - while subsistence payments range from £9.95 to £49.18 for each person per week.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
That it hasn’t seems ironic, given that the Christian ideal of Jesus is in both word and deed a seeker of justice.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
To earn more points and add an element of suspense to your hunt, a seeker can declare a book.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
Two boats carrying an estimated 530 Rohingya asylum seekers left Myanmar's Rakhine state on 29 June, and have not been heard from since.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
This can be perilous, since the six-month mark is when many job seekers lose severance or unemployment benefits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
But job seekers are frustrated by the new rules of the job hunt.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
The court was told the three defendants knew each other and were living at Home Office-approved hotel accommodation for asylum seekers in Lower Beeding, near Horsham, West Sussex.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
He did not wish to bear the spectacle of a trial that would put him on public display for the amusement of the press and curiosity seekers.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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