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searcher

/ˈsɜːtʃə/SUR-chur
/ˈsɝtʃɚ/SUR-chur

Meaningone who searches

Common meaning: a person who looks for something

Journey through time

  1. Latincircare‘to go round’source
  2. Old Frenchcerchersource
  3. Middle Englishserchensource
  4. Englishsearch‘to look for’
  5. Englishformed in English from searchsearcher‘a person who looks for something’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from search + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SEARCH, p.537 · scan

Source words

  • circare Latin · source word “to go round”

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