pursuer

[per-soo-er]

noun

1. a person or thing that pursues.

2. Scots Law, Ecclesiastical Law.,  a plaintiff or complainant.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pursuer¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; pursue + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Woo clambers atop a tent and hides from his pursuers.

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“That parrot will lead our pursuers here within minutes. We must find Gallery Seventeen at once,” Penelope said as she retrieved the Hixby’s Guide from her purse.

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Algeria led Group G with 22 points from nine matches, four ahead of their closest pursuers Uganda with just one match remaining -- booking their fifth appearance at the global showpiece next year.

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That framework gives “Plainclothes” the feeling of an emotional chase film where pursuer and pursued are the same, stuck in a loop of possibility, torn about what being caught really means.

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To view “Cloud” as mere commentary on 21st-century greed is to miss the existential nightmare that Yoshii’s armed, bloodthirsty and mostly hapless pursuers represent: regular folk driven to kill after a humiliating experience.

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