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Webster 1913 Edition
Searcher
Search′er
,Noun.
[Cf. OF.
cercheor
inspector.] One who, or that which, searches or examines; a seeker; an inquirer; an examiner; a trier.
Specifically: (a)
Formerly, an officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death.
Graunt.
(b)
An officer of the customs whose business it is to search ships, merchandise, luggage, etc.
(c)
An inspector of leather.
[Prov. Eng.]
(d)
(Gun.)
An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities.
(e)
An implement for sampling butter; a butter trier.
(j)
(Med.)
An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Searcher
SEARCHER
,Noun.
1. One who searches, explores or examines for the prupose of finding something.
Definition 2024
searcher
searcher
English
Noun
searcher (plural searchers)
- One who searches.
- (Britain, obsolete) An officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Graunt to this entry?)
- 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.
- An implement for sampling butter.
- An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc.
Translations
One who searches