finder

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪndə/ / /ˈfaɪndəɹ/

Etymology: Borrowed from German Finder.

Etymology: From Middle English findere. By surface analysis, find + -er.

One who finds or discovers something; a discoverer.
“Finders keepers, losers weepers.”
“The finder of treasure trove owns it against the landowner and everyone else except the true owner.”
A device, such as a viewfinder, used to locate a target or other object of interest.
“Perhaps some electrical finder could have been developed so delicate that it could have located the source of all this spreading joy and fortune.”
A person who picks up scraps and oddments to sell to make a living.
“Even the Whitechapel meat-market is less the scene of prey, for it is a series of shops, while Leadenhall presents many stalls, and the finders seem loath to enter shops without some plausible pretext.”