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self-seeker

[ self-see-ker ]

/ ˈsɛlfˈsi kər /

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noun

a person who seeks his or her own interest or selfish ends.

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Origin of self-seeker

First recorded in 1625–35

Words nearby self-seeker

selfsame, self-satisfaction, self-satisfied, self-satisfying, self-sealing, self-seeker, self-seeking, self-selection, self-service, self-serving, self-similarity

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Example sentences from the Web for self-seeker

The sycophant and the self-seeker bow before quite other idols than of old.
Historical and Political Essays|William Edward Hartpole Lecky
There are other types,—the schemer and the self-seeker, whose matrimonial ventures are only intended to advance worldly interests.
Courtship and Marriage|Annie S. Swan
Most men recognized that he was nothing but a self-seeker, and there were few who trusted him.
The Odds|Ethel 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 Series|Alexander Whyte

For with the incontinent man it is not as with the self-seeker and the covetous.
The Memorabilia|Xenophon

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