searcher : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: searcher	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for searcher
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
searcher n someone making a search or inquiry; "they are seekers after truth" Synonym(s): seeker, searcher, quester 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 Synonym(s): searcher, searcher beetle, Calosoma scrutator
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Searcher \Search"er\, n. [Cf. OF. cercheor inspector.] One who, or that which, searhes 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.