Hypertext Webster Gateway: "seeker"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Seeker \Seek"er\, n.
1. One who seeks; that which is used in seeking or searching.
2. (Eccl.) One of a small heterogeneous sect of the 17th
century, in Great Britain, who professed to be seeking the
true church, ministry, and sacraments.
A skeptic [is] ever seeking and never finds, like
our new upstart sect of Seekers. --Bullokar.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
seeker
n 1: someone making a search or inquiry; "they are seekers after
truth" [syn: {searcher}, {quester}]
2: a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward
some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio
waves)
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