Hypertext Webster Gateway: "searcher"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
searcher
n 1: someone making a search or inquiry; "they are seekers after
truth" [syn: {seeker}, {quester}]
2: a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods
or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items
3: large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars;
North America [syn: {searcher beetle}, {Calosoma scrutator}]
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