finder

[ fahyn-der ]

noun

1. a person or thing that finds.
2. Photography.
   1. a range finder.
   2. Also called viewfinder. a camera part or attachment enabling a photographer to determine what will be included in the picture.
3. Astronomy. a small, wide-angled telescope attached to a larger one for locating objects to be studied.
4. a person or firm that acts as agent in initiating a business transaction.

finder

/ ˈfaɪndə /

noun

1. a person or thing that finds
2. physics a small low-power wide-angle telescope fitted to a more powerful larger telescope, used to locate celestial objects to be studied by the larger instrument
3. See viewfinder
   photog short for viewfinder
4. finders keepers informal.
   finders keepers whoever finds something has the right to keep it

Word History and Origins

Origin of finder¹

First recorded in 1250–1300, finder is from the Middle English word findere. See find, -er ¹

Example Sentences

Some Android manufacturers put their own phone finder apps on their devices.

From Popular-Science

Following a crowdsourced professional investigation into whether Stuef’s chest photos were digitally manipulated, Kristy Cowling published a poll on THOR asking if Stuef was the finder.

From Outside Online

The years that followed were a boom time for planet finders.

From Science News

They typically employ a waist-level finder, which means you look down at the top of the camera to compose your shot and focus.

From Popular-Science

The most immediate and obvious change to the finder, however, is the addition of the Control Center.

From TechCrunch

Joseph Finder is The New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels including Power Play, Killer Instinct, and Vanished.

From The Daily Beast

Novelist Joseph Finder hails an entertaining new companion to America's favorite pastime.

From The Daily Beast

Joseph Finder is the author of numerous bestselling novels including Power Play, Nightmare, and Vanished (coming August 2009).

From The Daily Beast

We're seeing a kabuki dance of outrage, writes spy novelist Joseph Finder.

From The Daily Beast

The two-thirds objective should be used as a finder, while the one-sixth is reserved for examining details.

From Project Gutenberg

The finder does not take title to every article found and out of the possession of its true owner.

From Project Gutenberg

If the finder knows who the owner is or has a reasonable clue to the ownership, which he disregards, he is guilty of larceny.

From Project Gutenberg

And if the bailee is a finder who has bestowed labor on the article found in good faith, the same rule applies.

From Project Gutenberg

In order to reach the star at lower culmination the finder tube had to be thrown out of parallelism with the main telescope.

From Project Gutenberg