Plural of finder; people who discover or locate something, often in the phrase 'finders keepers'—meaning whoever finds something gets to keep it.
From Old English 'findan,' related to Germanic roots meaning 'to come upon'; combined with the agent suffix '-er' to make 'finder,' and '-s' for plural.
'Finders keepers, losers weepers' is an ancient saying that captures a deep human principle—the idea that finding something gives you a claim to it—which is why actual law has to carefully define what happens when you find someone else's property.
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