seeker

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who is looking for something or trying to get it.

   The job fair attracted hundreds of work seekers.

2. 2
   noun

   A person searching for spiritual truth or enlightenment.

   The temple welcomes seekers from every religious background.

From Middle English sekar, sekere (also sechar, sechere), equivalent to seek + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Säiker (“seeker”), West Frisian syker (“seeker”), Dutch zoeker (“seeker”), German Low German Söker (“seeker”), German Sucher (“seeker”).

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