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seeker

/ˈsikəɹ/ noun C1
  1. One who seeks.
  2. Especially, a religious seeker: a pilgrim, or one who aspires to enlightenment or salvation.
  3. In Quidditch or Muggle quidditch, the player who is supposed to catch the snitch.

Plural seekers

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Caligula or Nero, those treasure-seekers, those desirers of the impossible, would have accorded to the poor wretch, in exchange for his wealth, the liberty he so earnestly prayed for.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 137 · C1
The intrepid treasure-seeker walked round it, and, selecting the spot from whence it appeared most susceptible to attack, placed his lever in one of the crevices, and strained every nerve to move the mass.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 257 · C1

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