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Definition of Seekers
1. seeker [n] - See also: seeker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seekers
Literary usage of Seekers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hidden in Plain View: Refugees Living Without Protection in Nairobi and Kampala by Alison Parker, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (2002)
"In addition, several refugees told a Human Rights Watch researcher that alleged
security agents from countries of origin are aware that asylum seekers sleep ..."
2. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1919)
"On the night before the operation on his mouth, Cleveland, while talking with
the consulting surgeon, burst out with "Oh, Doctor Keen, those office seekers! ..."
3. History of California by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Henry Lebbeus Oak, William Nemos, Frances Fuller Victor (1888)
"The course of our latter-day gold-fleece seekers was much longer than Jason's
antipodal voyage; indeed, it was the longest possible to be performed on this ..."
4. Recollections of a Rebel Reefer by James Morris Morgan (1917)
"CHAPTER L My appointment as consul-general arouses great indignation among Southern
office-seekers — Mr. Cleveland said he never would have appointed me had ..."
5. Abraham Lincoln and the Downfall of American Slavery by Noah Brooks (1894)
"The President-Elect and the Office-seekers—A Policy Demanded—Treason in ...
There were two great troubles—the office-seekers and the impending war. ..."
6. The Immigrant: An Asset and a Liability by Frederic Jennings Haskin (1913)
"... seekers IT has been recognized that there are thousands of immigrants who come
to America and get lost in the busy life of this bustling country. ..."
7. Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada by University of Toronto (1900)
"Mr. Hamlin Garland's book, The Trail of the Gold-seekers,* is considered here,
... The attempt failed utterly, and the unfortunate gold-seekers struggled on ..."
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