searcher

A sieve or strainer.

One who searches, in any sense of that word.

In particular

A customs officer whose business it is to search ships, baggage, goods, etc., for prohibited or undeclared dutiable articles, etc.

A prison official who searches or examines the clothing of newly arrested persons, and takes temporary possession of the articles found about them.

A civil officer formerly appointed in some Scottish towns to apprehend idlers on the street during church hours on the Sabbath.

A person employed to search the public records of conveyances, mortgages, judgments, etc., to ascertain whether a title be good, or to find instruments affecting a title.

A person formerly appointed in London to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death.

An inspector of leather.

Something used in searching, examining, testing, etc.