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Finder

noun

Someone who comes upon something after searching.

Someone who is the first to observe something. Synonyms: discoverer, spotter.

Optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest. Synonyms: view finder, viewfinder.

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"Finder" Quotes from Famous Books

... one seemed to think of connecting this find with the attack upon the guard at the bridge, and, finally, they decided to advertise the gems, as if they were still in the hands of the finder, who only awaited a reward to yield them up; and, as little more could be done, Dave and myself withdrew from the council, where we had been little ...

— Against Odds - A Detective Story • Lawrence L. Lynch

... how she and her husband were moving from a Connecticut town to a little farm they had bought in Pennsylvania. Somewhere at a crossroad near Derby, Connecticut, they had found the baby and this box and bundle of papers in a basket under a bush with a card attached to the basket requesting that the finder adopt and take care ...

— The Black Wolf Pack • Dan Beard

... comment, no anecdote, and no division into sections, the people will be more than likely to go away criticizing the leader or the accompanist or the songs or each other, and the next time the crowd will probably be smaller and the project will eventually die out. The chronic fault-finder will then say, "I told you it was only a fad and that it would not last"; but he is wrong, and the failure must be attributed to poor management rather than to any inherent weakness in the ...

— Essentials in Conducting • Karl Wilson Gehrkens

... fireplace—not that there was any fire in it; on the contrary, it was choked up with fallen bricks and mortar, and the hearth was flooded with water; but, as Joe remarked to himself, "it felt more homelike an' sociable to sit wid wan's feet on the finder!" ...

— Fighting the Flames • R.M. Ballantyne

... had apparently finished his pipe, and, knocking the ashes out of it, rose suddenly, and ended any further uncertainty of their meeting by walking over directly towards him. The treasure-finder advanced a few steps on his side, and then ...

— A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready • Bret Harte

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