finder UK /ˈfaɪndə/US /ˈfaɪndəɹ/ noun3 •One who finds or discovers something; a discoverer.Finders keepers, losers weepers. •(UK, historical) A person who picks up scraps and oddments to sell to make a living. •A device, such as a viewfinder, used to locate a target or other object of interest.Perhaps some electrical finder could have been developed so delicate that it could have located the source of all this spreading joy and fortune. — 1945 formsfinders