Etymology

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Today it means: One who searches. Full definition →

Middle English serchour ← Old French cercheor
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  1. Old French · derived fromcercheor
  2. Middle English · inherited fromserchour
  3. English todaysearcher

From Middle English serchour, sercher, from Old French cercheor; equivalent to search + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.