Definitions for finderˈfaɪn dər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

find•erˈfaɪn dər(n.)

  1. a person or thing that finds.

  2. Category: Photography

    Ref: viewfinder.

  3. a small wide-angle telescope attached to a larger one for locating objects to be studied.

    Category: Astronomy

  4. a person or firm that acts as agent in initiating a business transaction.

    Category: Business

Origin of finder:

1250–1300

Princeton's WordNet

  1. finder(noun)

    someone who comes upon something after searching

  2. finder, discoverer, spotter(noun)

    someone who is the first to observe something

  3. finder, viewfinder, view finder(noun)

    optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest

Wiktionary

  1. finder(Noun)

    One who finds, or discovers something.

    Finders keepers, losers weepers.

  2. finder(Noun)

    An optical device, such as a viewfinder, used to locate a target or other object of interest

Webster Dictionary

  1. Finder(noun)

    one who, or that which, finds; specifically (Astron.), a small telescope of low power and large field of view, attached to a larger telescope, for the purpose of finding an object more readily


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