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Webster 1828 Edition


Finder

FINDER

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Noun.
One who meets or falls on any thing; one that discovers what is lost or is unknown; one who discovers by searching, or by accident.

Definition 2024


finder

finder

English

Noun

finder (plural finders)

  1. One who finds, or discovers something.
    Finders keepers, losers weepers.
    • 2012, Alan R. Romero, Property Law For Dummies (page 229)
      The finder of treasure trove owns it against the landowner and everyone else except the true owner.
  2. An optical device, such as a viewfinder, used to locate a target or other object of interest

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Danish

Etymology 1

From finde (to find) + -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fenər/, [ˈfenɐ]

Noun

finder c (singular definite finderen, plural indefinite findere)

  1. finder
Inflection

Etymology 2

See finde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fendər/, [ˈfenˀɐ]

Verb

finder

  1. present tense of finde