searcher
Plural: searchers
Noun
- One who looks for something; an investigator.
- someone making a search or inquiry
- a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items
- large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars; found in North America
- One who searches.
- An officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death.
- An officer who apprehended idlers on the street during church hours in Scotland.
- A customs officer responsible for searching ships, merchandise, luggage, etc.
- An inspector of leather.
- An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities in its surface.
- An implement for sampling butter.
- A sieve or strainer.
- An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc.
Examples
- The searcher tirelessly scanned the Words With Friends board for an opening.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English serchour, sercher, from Old French cercheor; equivalent to search + -er.
Scrabble Score: 13
searcher: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsearcher: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
searcher: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
searcher: valid Words With Friends Word