searcher

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. One who searches, in any sense of that word.
2. n. In particular
3. n. A customs officer whose business it is to search ships, baggage, goods, etc., for prohibited or undeclared dutiable articles, etc.
4. n. A prison official who searches or examines the clothing of newly arrested persons, and takes temporary possession of the articles found about them.
5. n. A civil officer formerly appointed in some Scottish towns to apprehend idlers on the street during church hours on the Sabbath.
6. n. 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.
7. n. A person formerly appointed in London to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death.
8. n. An inspector of leather.
9. n. Something used in searching, examining, testing, etc. An instrument for examining ordnance, to ascertain whether guns have any defects in the bore.
10. n. A sieve or strainer.

Wiktionary

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

GNU Webster's 1913

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

WordNet 3.0

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