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

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times

It features scenes of the rapper running from a pursuer in a Pinocchio mask - a symbol fans interpreted as "lies" following Drake around.

From BBC

In her glory years, she’d dart out of open doors or find the tiniest opening in a fence, and run down the street, looking back at her pursuers with laughing eyes.

From Los Angeles Times

Their destination is Mexico, but they’ve got pursuers in the form of a posse led by a steadfast, morosely philosophical U.S.

From Los Angeles Times