Seeker Meaning
/ˈsiːkə/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOne who seeks.
nounEspecially, a religious seeker: a pilgrim, or one who aspires to enlightenment or salvation.
Sentence Examples
Algeria accepted him as an asylum seeker.
The asylum seeker was finally able to speak to a lawyer.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The truth ____ spent years examining evidence to find the real story.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The truth ____ spent years studying philosophy in search of meaningful answers.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English sekar, sekere (also sechar, sechere), equivalent to seek + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Säiker (“seeker”), West Frisian syker (“seeker”), Dutch zoeker (“seeker”), German Low German Söker (“seeker”), German Sucher (“seeker”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"But these seekers, too, are saved - by virtue of the inherited symbolic aids of society, the rites of passage, the grace-yielding sacraments, given to mankind of old by the redeemers and handed down through millenniums."
— 1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 23:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The truth ____ spent years examining evidence to find the real story.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The truth ____ spent years studying philosophy in search of meaningful answers.