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Pursuer definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PURSU'ER, n. One that follows; one that chases; one that follows in haste with a view to overtake.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture; "always before he had been able to outwit his pursuers" [syn: pursuer, chaser]
2: a person who pursues some plan or goal; "a pursuer of truth"

Merriam Webster's

noun see pursue

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pursuer Pur*su"er, n. 1. One who pursues or chases; one who follows in haste, with a view to overtake. 2. (Eccl. & Scots Law) A plaintiff; a prosecutor.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(pursuers) Your pursuers are the people who are chasing or searching for you. (FORMAL) They had shaken off their pursuers. N-COUNT: oft poss N in pl

Moby Thesaurus

addict, adherent, admirer, adorer, amorist, appendage, attendant, buff, bug, cavaliere servente, chaser, collector, courtier, dangler, demon, dependent, disciple, eager beaver, energumen, enthusiast, faddist, fan, fanatic, fiend, flunky, follower, following, freak, great one for, hanger-on, henchman, hobbyist, homme de cour, hound, hunter, infatuate, lover, nut, paramour, parasite, partisan, public, pursuant, pursuivant, quester, rhapsodist, satellite, sectary, seeker, shadow, stooge, successor, sucker for, suitor, supporter, tagtail, tail, trainbearer, visionary, votary, ward heeler, wooer, zealot