searcher Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone making a search or inquiry
    quester; seeker.
    • they are seekers after truth
  2. noun a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items
  3. noun large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars; found in North America
    searcher beetle; Calosoma scrutator.

WordNet

Search"er noun
Etymology
Cf. OF. cercheor inspector.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913