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Dictionary: seek·er   ('kər) pronunciation
 
n.
  1. One that seeks: a seeker of the truth.
  2. A device used in a moving object, especially a missile, that locates a target by detecting light, heat, or other radiation.

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noun

    A person who applies for or seeks something, such as a job or position: applicant, aspirant, candidate, hopeful, petitioner. See seek/avoid.

 

A probe or sound; a long thin rod used to probe the opening or a tract or a cavity in order to determine its direction, source or depth.

 
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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: someone making a search or inquiry
  Synonyms: searcher, quester

Meaning #2: a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves)


 
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Seeker and similar may refer to:

  • Seekers, a 17th-century British religious group
  • Seekers (toys), a fan-created name for some Transformers toys/characters
  • Seeker, a person perceived by Quakers as likely to become an adherent and thus come to be a "convinced Friend"
  • Seeker (missiles), a missile guidance device aboard an interceptor missile that searches for and/or homes in on a target
  • HMCC Seeker, a customs cutter of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise

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