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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/06/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-searcher.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-searcher.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "One who searches",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cercador"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "One who searches",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zoeker"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "One who searches",
"word": "serĉisto"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "One who searches",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chercheur"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "One who searches",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Suchender"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "One who searches",
"word": "etsijä"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "One who searches",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cercatore"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "One who searches",
"word": "kairapu"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "One who searches",
"word": "serchour"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "One who searches",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "buscador"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "One who searches",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "buscador"
}
],
"word": "searcher"
}
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