Word Meanings - SEARCHER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who, or that which, searhes or examines; a seeker; an inquirer; an examiner; a trier. Specifically: Formerly, an officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death. Graunt. An officer of the customs

Additional info about word: SEARCHER

One who, or that which, searhes or examines; a seeker; an inquirer; an examiner; a trier. Specifically: Formerly, an officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death. Graunt. An officer of the customs whose business it is to search ships, merchandise, luggage, etc. An inspector of leather. An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities. An implement for sampling butter; a butter trier. An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc.

Related words: (words related to SEARCHER)

• CAUSEFUL
  Having a cause.
• DEATHLIKE
  1. Resembling death. A deathlike slumber, and a dead repose. Pope. 2. Deadly. "Deathlike dragons." Shak.
• DEATHLY
  Deadly; fatal; mortal; destructive.
• LONDONISM
  A characteristic of Londoners; a mode of speaking peculiar to London.
• DEATHLINESS
  The quality of being deathly; deadliness. Southey.
• CAUSEWAYED; CAUSEYED
  Having a raised way ; paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté.
• FORMERLY
  In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
• SPECIFICALLY
  In a specific manner.
• DEATHWATCH
  A small beetle . By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death. A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidæ,
• INQUIRER
  One who inquires or examines; questioner; investigator. Locke. Expert inquirers after truth. Cowper.
• APPOINTER
  One who appoints, or executes a power of appointment. Kent.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• APPOINTMENT
  The exercise of the power of designating (under a "power of appointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made. 6. Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever
• LONDONIZE
  To impart to a manner or character like that which distinguishes Londoners.
• LONDON
  The capital city of England. London paste , a paste made of caustic soda and unslacked lime; -- used as a caustic to destroy tumors and other morbid enlargements. -- London pride. A garden name for Saxifraga umbrosa, a hardy perennial
• APPOINTOR
  The person who selects the appointee. See Appointee, 2.
• LONDONER
  A native or inhabitant of London. Shak.
• APPOINTIVE
  Subject to appointment; as, an appointive office.
• TRIERARCH
  The commander of a trireme. At Athens, one who had to fit out a trireme for the public service.
• DEATHWARD
  Toward death.
• CROSS-EXAMINER
  One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination.
• MISREPORT
  To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of. Locke.
• REAPPOINT
  To appoint again.
• PREAPPOINTMENT
  Previous appointment.
• SELF-SEEKER
  One who seeks only his own interest, advantage, or pleasure.