searcher

Other forms: searchers

Definitions of searcher

1. noun

   someone making a search or inquiry
   synonyms: quester, seeker

   types:

   finder

   someone who comes upon something after searching

   gadabout

   a restless seeker after amusement or social companionship

   hunter

   a person who searches for something

   forager

   someone who hunts for food and provisions

   type of:

   individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

   a human being
2. noun

   a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items
   type of:

   functionary, official

   a worker who holds or is invested with an office
3. noun

   large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars; found in North America
   synonyms: Calosoma scrutator, searcher beetle

   type of:

   calosoma

   any beetle of the genus Calosoma