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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "trágač",
"sense": "one who seeks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тра́гач"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "one who seeks",
"word": "søker"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one who seeks",
"word": "buscante"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "iskátelʹ",
"sense": "one who seeks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "иска́тель"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "iskátelʹnica",
"sense": "one who seeks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "иска́тельница"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "íščuščij",
"sense": "one who seeks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "и́щущий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "íščuščaja",
"sense": "one who seeks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "и́щущая"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one who seeks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tragač"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "one who seeks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "iskalec"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "one who seeks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "iskalka"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one who seeks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "buscador"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "religious seeker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "iskatelj"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "religious seeker",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "iskalka"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"seeker"
],
"word": "seeker"
}
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