seeker

/ˈsikər/
noun
  1. A person who is looking for or trying to obtain something.
    • The treasure seeker spent years searching for the lost gold.
    • The truth seeker refused to accept the official story without evidence.
    • As a job seeker, she applied to over twenty companies.
  2. A person who is searching for spiritual or philosophical understanding.
    • Many spiritual seekers attend retreats to find inner peace.
    • The young seeker traveled to India to study meditation.
    • He was a seeker of wisdom, always reading ancient texts.
  3. A device or system that actively searches for a target, such as a missile or sensor.
    • The missile's heat seeker locked onto the jet engine.
    • The drone uses a laser seeker to find its target.
    • Engineers designed a new seeker for the submarine's torpedo.
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