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
Example Sentences
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The guidance system also includes inertial navigation; future models are planned to have seeker modes for hitting moving targets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
The guidance system also includes inertial navigation; future models are planned to have seeker modes for hitting moving targets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
Nina, a 25-year-old asylum seeker from Ecuador, told AFP, withholding her full name.
From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026
In November, one of Maassarani's companies then spent £3.5m buying the King's Gap hotel in Hoylake, which had been running as asylum seeker accommodation since 2020.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026
He was not a splitter, but a lumper, a seeker of deeper anatomy.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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