"finder" meaning in English

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Albada finder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "comet-finder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ditchfinder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "factfinder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "fact-finder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "faultfinder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "finderlist"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "finder of fact"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "finderscope"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "fire finder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "fishfinder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gold-finder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "key finder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "object finder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pathfinder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pure finder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "radio direction finder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "range finder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "rangefinder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "rootfinder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "statefinder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "stud finder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ugly-finder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ugly finder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "viewfinder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "waterfinder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wayfinder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "witchfinder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "witch-finder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*pent-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pent-"
    ],
    [
      "*finþaną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/finþaną"
    ],
    [
      "*finþan",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/finþan"
    ],
    [
      "findan",
      "findan#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "fynden",
      "fynden#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "*-eh₂",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-eh₂"
    ],
    [
      "*-os",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-os#Proto-Indo-European:_athematic"
    ],
    [
      "*-yós",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-yós#Proto-Indo-European:_suffix"
    ],
    [
      "*-āsios",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-āsios#Proto-Italic:_adjective"
    ],
    [
      "-ārius",
      "-arius#Latin:_adjective"
    ],
    [
      "-ārius",
      "-arius#Latin:_agent_noun"
    ],
    [
      "*-ārijaz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-ārijaz#Proto-Germanic:_noun"
    ],
    [
      "*-ārī",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-ārī#Proto-West_Germanic:_agent_suffix"
    ],
    [
      "-ere",
      "-ere#Old_English:_agent_suffix"
    ],
    [
      "-ere",
      "-ere#Middle_English:_agentive"
    ],
    [
      "fyndere",
      "fyndere#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "fyndere",
      "fyndere#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "fynden",
      "fynden#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "-ere",
      "-ere#Middle_English:_agentive"
    ],
    [
      "find",
      "find#English"
    ],
    [
      "-er",
      "-er#English:_agent_noun"
    ]
  ],
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      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *pent-der.\nProto-Germanic *finþaną\nProto-West Germanic *finþan\nOld English findan\nMiddle English fynden\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-os?\nProto-Indo-European *-o-\nProto-Indo-European *-so-\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-\nProto-Indo-European *-yós\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós\nProto-Italic *-āsijos\nProto-Italic *-āsios\nLatin -āriusnom.\nLatin -āriusbor.\nProto-Germanic *-ārijaz\nProto-West Germanic *-ārī\nOld English -ere\nMiddle English -ere\nMiddle English fyndere\nEnglish finder\n[Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*pent-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*finþaną\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], 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\"English\", \"term\" : \"finder\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"finder\">\nInherited from Middle English fyndere, from fynden (“to find”) + -ere (suffix forming agent nouns).",
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      "name": "surf"
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      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *pent-der.\nProto-Germanic *finþaną\nProto-West Germanic *finþan\nOld English findan\nMiddle English fynden\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-os?\nProto-Indo-European *-o-\nProto-Indo-European *-so-\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-\nProto-Indo-European *-yós\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós\nProto-Italic *-āsijos\nProto-Italic *-āsios\nLatin -āriusnom.\nLatin -āriusbor.\nProto-Germanic *-ārijaz\nProto-West Germanic *-ārī\nOld English -ere\nMiddle English -ere\nMiddle English fyndere\nEnglish finder\nInherited from Middle English fyndere, from fynden (“to find”) + -ere (suffix forming agent nouns).",
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  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *pent-der.\nProto-Germanic *finþaną\nProto-West Germanic *finþan\nOld English findan\nMiddle English fynden\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-os?\nProto-Indo-European *-o-\nProto-Indo-European *-so-\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-\nProto-Indo-European *-yós\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós\nProto-Italic *-āsijos\nProto-Italic *-āsios\nLatin -āriusnom.\nLatin -āriusbor.\nProto-Germanic *-ārijaz\nProto-West Germanic *-ārī\nOld English -ere\nMiddle English -ere\nMiddle English fyndere\nEnglish finder\nInherited from Middle English fyndere, from fynden (“to find”) + -ere (suffix forming agent nouns). By surface analysis, find + -er.",
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      "form": "finders",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
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        "find",
        "er"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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            [
              0,
              7
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          ],
          "text": "Finders keepers, losers weepers.",
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              10
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          "ref": "2012, Alan R. Romero, Property Law For Dummies, page 229:",
          "text": "The finder of treasure trove owns it against the landowner and everyone else except the true owner.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "One who finds or discovers something; a discoverer."
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          "discover"
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          "ref": "1945, John Steinbeck, Cannery Row:",
          "text": "Perhaps some electrical finder could have been developed so delicate that it could have located the source of all this spreading joy and fortune.",
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        "A device, such as a viewfinder, used to locate a target or other object of interest."
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          "viewfinder",
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          "target"
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          "ref": "1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:",
          "text": "Even the Whitechapel meat-market is less the scene of prey, for it is a series of shops, while Leadenhall presents many stalls, and the finders seem loath to enter shops without some plausible pretext.",
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        "A person who picks up scraps and oddments to sell to make a living."
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        "(UK, historical) A person who picks up scraps and oddments to sell to make a living."
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      "ipa": "/ˈfaɪndə/",
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        "Southern-England"
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      "ipa": "/ˈfaɪndəɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-aɪndə(ɹ)"
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      "word": "Albada finder"
    },
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      "word": "comet-finder"
    },
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      "word": "ditchfinder"
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      "word": "factfinder"
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      "word": "faultfinder"
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      "word": "fire finder"
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      "word": "gold-finder"
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    },
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      "word": "object finder"
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      "word": "pathfinder"
    },
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      "word": "pure finder"
    },
    {
      "word": "radio direction finder"
    },
    {
      "word": "range finder"
    },
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      "word": "rangefinder"
    },
    {
      "word": "rootfinder"
    },
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      "word": "statefinder"
    },
    {
      "word": "stud finder"
    },
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      "word": "ugly-finder"
    },
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      "word": "ugly finder"
    },
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      "word": "viewfinder"
    },
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      "word": "waterfinder"
    },
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      "word": "wayfinder"
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    {
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      "word": "witch-finder"
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