SEEKER

seeker

(noun) a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves)

seeker, searcher, quester

(noun) someone making a search or inquiry; “they are seekers after truth”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

seeker (plural seekers)

One who seeks.

Especially, a religious seeker: a pilgrim, or one who aspires to enlightenment or salvation.

Anagrams

• Sèkèrè, kreese, reseek, sekere, sèkèrè

Noun

Seeker (plural Seekers)

(historical, Christianity) A member of an English Protestant dissenting group that emerged around the 1620s; they considered organised churches to be corrupt and preferred to wait for God's revelation.

Anagrams

• Sèkèrè, kreese, reseek, sekere, sèkèrè

Source: Wiktionary


Seek"er, n.

1. One who seeks; that which is used in seeking or searching.

2. (Eccl.)

Definition: One of a small heterogeneous sect of the 17th century, in Great Britain, who professed to be seeking the true church, ministry, and sacraments. A skeptic [is] ever seeking and never finds, like our new upstart sect of Seekers. Bullokar.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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