noun
Meaning 1
One who pursues.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pursuer
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noun
Meaning 2
The party who initiates a lawsuit; a plaintiff.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Scots law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- always before he had been able to outwit his pursuers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chaser
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: follower
Narrower terms: bounty hunter
noun
Meaning 4
a person who pursues some plan or goal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a pursuer of truth
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
History
Etymology
From pursue + -er.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: преследвач (presledvač) — one who pursues
- Chinese Mandarin: 追趕者 /追赶者 (zhuīgǎnzhě) — one who pursues
- Finnish: seuraaja — one who pursues
- Finnish: takaa-ajaja — one who pursues
- Finnish: pyrkijä — one who pursues
- French: poursuivant — one who pursues
- German: Verfolger — one who pursues
- German: Verfolgerin — one who pursues
- Ancient Greek: διώκτης (diṓktēs) — one who pursues
- Japanese: 追跡者 (tsuisekisha) — one who pursues
- Latin: secūtor — one who pursues
- Macedonian: прого́нувач (progónuvač) — one who pursues
- Macedonian: просле́дувач (prosléduvač) — one who pursues
- Portuguese: perseguidor — one who pursues
- Romanian: urmăritor — one who pursues
- Russian: пресле́дователь (preslédovatelʹ) — one who pursues
- Russian: пресле́довательница (preslédovatelʹnica) — one who pursues