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From self- +‎ seeker.

Noun

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self-seeker (plural self-seekers)

  1. A self-seeking person.
    • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 232:
      'They are all self-seekers - every one.'

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