seeker
Americannoun
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seekers
plural
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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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Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of seeker
Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at seek, -er 1
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That is because, as a refugee or asylum seeker aged 16, she is not automatically able to enter school or college in Northern Ireland.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
The number of applications submitted per job seeker on LinkedIn has risen about 30% since the pandemic, Shapero said, with many people using AI to write, tailor and blast them off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
These guidelines generally require that a clemency seeker have been released from prison for five years before they are eligible to request a pardon.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
They merely pushed further than the average internet truth seeker.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
He was not a splitter, but a lumper, a seeker of deeper anatomy.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Carney said Tuesday that he had spoken with Smith to discuss future cooperation and noted that there had been large reductions of asylum seekers, international students and temporary foreign workers in Canada.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
The Daily Express leads on the plea of nine women from Piddington, who visited Parliament on Wednesday to demand Labour shelves plans to house 1,256 asylum seekers next to the Oxfordshire village.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
While it aimed to help asylum seekers and refugees "to achieve their full potential" it did not include any specific commitments to provide better access to education for older teenagers.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Malaysia hosts more than 215,000 refugees and asylum seekers registered with the United Nations refugee agency, including more than 126,000 Rohingya from Myanmar -- its largest refugee community.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
The parade of job seekers had started even before he took office.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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