'Searcher' definitions:
Definition of 'searcher'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
A customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items
noun
Large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars; found in North America [syn: searcher, searcher beetle, Calosoma scrutator]
Definition of 'Searcher'
From: GCIDE
- Searcher \Search"er\, n. [Cf. OF. cercheor inspector.] One who, or that which, searches 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. [1913 Webster]