seeker

[see-ker]

noun

1. a person or thing that seeks.

2. Rocketry.

   1. a device in a missile that locates a target by sensing some characteristic of the target, as heat emission.

   2. a missile equipped with such a device.

Word History and Origins

Origin of seeker¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; seek, -er ¹

Example Sentences

Other surveys show signs of a worsening climate for job seekers.

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Job seekers have complained for some time now—to me, their friends, pets or anyone who will listen—that it is deceptively hard to get hired.

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Frustrated job seekers contend businesses could expand the AI talent pipeline with a little imagination.

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One is immigration, which in Japan refers as much to an onslaught of foreign tourists—read: Chinese—as to economic migrants or asylum seekers.

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He told the BBC he does not want to "tear down" human rights laws, but backs changing how international law is interpreted to stop unsuccessful asylum seekers blocking their deportation.

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