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

This would be a huge reduction in spending - even given cuts in recent years, the aid budget stood at around £14bn last year, including just under £3bn spent on asylum seeker accommodation within the UK.

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Stella Creasy, the Labour MP for Walthamstow, said she agreed the asylum system needed reform but she had concerns about the measures, particularly deporting asylum seekers' children who "think of this as home".

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There is also a minority, though a significant one, of Labour MPs who feel local pressure to speak up for the rights of asylum seekers fleeing war-torn parts of the globe.

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He told undercover journalists that he and his associates could help migrants - including asylum seekers - to set up businesses illegally and "confuse" immigration enforcement.

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For 20 years the Home Office has been blighted with regular and well-documented failures to manage asylum seekers.

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