seeker
One who seeksOne who seeks.
» All three of those men are asylum seekers.
Meaning
3 sensesOne who seeks.
Suchender, Sucher, Sucherin
иска́тельiskátelʹ, иска́тельницаiskátelʹnica, и́щущийíščuščij
Especially, a religious seeker: a pilgrim, or one who aspires to enlightenment or salvation.
In Quidditch or Muggle quidditch, the player who is supposed to catch the snitch.
- a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves)
- someone making a search or inquiry
Examples
25 sentencesAll three of those men are asylum seekers.
Algeria accepted him as an asylum seeker.
There was still no sign of the seekers.
In the end, the seeker is the finder.
ruВ конце концов, ищущий находит.
Germany is expecting about 1.5 million asylum seekers this year.
deIn Deutschland erwartet man in diesem Jahr etwa 1,5 Millionen Asylanten.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English sekar, sekere (also sechar, sechere), from Old English *sēċare, from PFrom Middle English sekar, sekere (also sechar, sechere), from Old English *sēċare, from Proto-West Germanic *sōkārī, from Proto-Germanic *sōkārijaz. Equivalent to seek + -er.
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