"finder" meaning in English

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      "word": "Albada finder"
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      "word": "finder of fact"
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      "word": "fire finder"
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      "word": "gold-finder"
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      "word": "key finder"
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      "word": "object finder"
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      "word": "pure finder"
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      "word": "radio direction finder"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "range finder"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "stud finder"
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      "word": "ugly-finder"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ugly finder"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "viewfinder"
    },
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      "word": "witch-finder"
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      "name": "inh"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English findere, equivalent to find + -er.",
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    {
      "form": "finders",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "text": "Finders keepers, losers weepers."
        },
        {
          "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.",
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        "One who finds or discovers something."
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          "word": "inventor"
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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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        }
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        "A device, such as a viewfinder, used to locate a target or other object of interest."
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          "device",
          "device"
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        [
          "viewfinder",
          "viewfinder"
        ],
        [
          "locate",
          "locate"
        ],
        [
          "target",
          "target"
        ]
      ]
    }
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      "rhymes": "-aɪndə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfaɪndə(ɹ)/"
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    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
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    {
      "word": "Albada finder"
    },
    {
      "word": "comet-finder"
    },
    {
      "word": "fact-finder"
    },
    {
      "word": "finder of fact"
    },
    {
      "word": "fire finder"
    },
    {
      "word": "gold-finder"
    },
    {
      "word": "key finder"
    },
    {
      "word": "object finder"
    },
    {
      "word": "pure finder"
    },
    {
      "word": "radio direction finder"
    },
    {
      "word": "range finder"
    },
    {
      "word": "stud finder"
    },
    {
      "word": "ugly-finder"
    },
    {
      "word": "ugly finder"
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    {
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "text": "Finders keepers, losers weepers."
        },
        {
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          "text": "The finder of treasure trove owns it against the landowner and everyone else except the true owner.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who finds or discovers something."
      ],
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          "find",
          "find"
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        [
          "discover",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A device, such as a viewfinder, used to locate a target or other object of interest."
      ],
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          "device",
          "device"
        ],
        [
          "viewfinder",
          "viewfinder"
        ],
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          "locate",
          "locate"
        ],
        [
          "target",
          "target"
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      "sense": "discoverer",
      "word": "inventor"
    },
    {
      "sense": "discoverer",
      "word": "discoverer"
    }
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  "word": "finder"
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