US /ˈsɝtʃɚ/ UK /ˈsɜːtʃə/
noun Freq #44452

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a person who searches for, investigates, or carefully examines something

    The searchers examined every drawer and cupboard in the room.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a person who searches for,... seekerinvestigatorexaminer
Word family
Forms searchers
Derived forms searchershipsoul-searcher

Etymology

From Middle English sercher or serchour, through Old French cercheor, and now transparently understood as search plus the agent suffix -er.

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