searcher, searcher beetle, Calosoma scrutator
(noun) large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars; found in North America
searcher
(noun) a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items
seeker, searcher, quester
(noun) someone making a search or inquiry; “they are seekers after truth”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
searcher (plural searchers)
One who searches.
(UK, historical) An officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death.
(UK, historical) An officer who apprehended idlers on the street during church hours in Scotland.
A customs officer responsible for searching ships, merchandise, luggage, etc.
An inspector of leather.
An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities.
An implement for sampling butter.
A sieve or strainer.
An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc.
• re-search, reachers, research
Source: Wiktionary
Search"er, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. cercheor inspector.]
Definition: One who, or that which, searhes or examines; a seeker; an inquirer; an examiner; a trier. Specifically: (a) Formerly, an officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death. Graunt. (b) An officer of the customs whose business it is to search ships, merchandise, luggage, etc. (c) An inspector of leather. [Prov. Eng.] (d) (Gun.) An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities. (e) An implement for sampling butter; a butter trier. (j) (Med.) An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 April 2024
(adjective) impelling to action; “it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function”- Arthur Pap; “motive pleas”; “motivating arguments”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
