searcher

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A sieve or strainer.
• noun One who searches, in any sense of that word.
• noun In particular
• noun A customs officer whose business it is to search ships, baggage, goods, etc., for prohibited or undeclared dutiable articles, etc.
• noun A prison official who searches or examines the clothing of newly arrested persons, and takes temporary possession of the articles found about them.
• noun A civil officer formerly appointed in some Scottish towns to apprehend idlers on the street during church hours on the Sabbath.
• noun A person employed to search the public records of conveyances, mortgages, judgments, etc., to ascertain whether a title be good, or to find instruments affecting a title.
• noun A person formerly appointed in London to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death.
• noun An inspector of leather.
• noun Something used in searching, examining, testing, etc.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun Prov. Eng., Prov. Eng. Formerly, an officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death.
• noun Prov. Eng., Prov. Eng. An officer of the customs whose business it is to search ships, merchandise, luggage, etc.
• noun Prov. Eng. An inspector of leather.
• noun (Gun.) An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities.
• noun An implement for sampling butter; a butter trier.
• noun (Med.) An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun One who searches.
• noun UK, obsolete An officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death.
• noun A customs officer responsible for searching ships, merchandise, luggage, etc.
• noun An inspector of leather.
• noun An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities.
• noun An implement for sampling butter.
• noun An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun someone making a search or inquiry
• noun large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars; found in North America
• noun a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items