Pursuer

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who pursues.
  2. 2
    a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture wordnet
  3. 3
    The party who initiates a lawsuit; a plaintiff.

    "On his area the pursuer built a dwelling-house, of which the gable and garden-wall were mutual with his neighbour Smith […]"

  4. 4
    a person who pursues some plan or goal wordnet

Synonyms

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addictadherentadmireradoreramoristappendage

Example

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"Now he panted as if he were flying from some pressing pursuer; and now his breath was quite gone as if he were exhausted with running and had no strength left him."

Etymology

From pursue + -er.

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