PURSUER

pursuer, chaser

(noun) a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture; “always before he had been able to outwit his pursuers”

pursuer

(noun) a person who pursues some plan or goal; “a pursuer of truth”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pursuer (plural pursuers)

One who pursues.

(Scotland, legal) The party who initiates a lawsuit; a plaintiff.

Anagrams

• usurper

Source: Wiktionary


Pur*su"er, n.

1. One who pursues or chases; one who follows in haste, with a view to overtake.

2. (Eccl. & Scots Law)

Definition: A plaintiff; a prosecutor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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