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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Finder \Find"er\, noun
1. One who, or that which, finds; specifically (Astron.), a small telescope of low power and large field of view, attached to a larger telescope, for the purpose of finding an object more readily, called also a {finder telescope} or {finder scope}. [1913 Webster +PJC]
2. (Micros.) A slide ruled in squares, so as to assist in locating particular points in the field of vision. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
finder
noun
1: someone who comes upon something after searching
2: someone who is the first to observe something [syn: {discoverer}, {spotter}]
3: optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest [syn: {viewfinder}, {view finder}]
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