self-seeker
[self-see-ker]
Origin of self-seeker
First recorded in 1625–35
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Historical Examples of self-seeker
For with the incontinent man it is not as with the self-seeker and the covetous.
The MemorabiliaXenophon
The method that this ancient Jewish self-seeker adopted is rude and unskilful.
The Parables of Our LordWilliam Arnot
Most men recognized that he was nothing but a self-seeker, and there were few who trusted him.
The OddsEthel M. Dell
Or are you a too-easy, too-facile man-pleaser and self-seeker, being all things to all men that you may make use of all men?
Bunyan Characters - Third SeriesAlexander Whyte
The sycophant and the self-seeker bow before quite other idols than of old.
Historical and Political EssaysWilliam Edward Hartpole Lecky