PURSUER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture

Example:

always before he had been able to outwit his pursuers

Synonyms:

chaser; pursuer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("pursuer" is a kind of...):

follower (someone who travels behind or pursues another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pursuer"):

bounty hunter (someone who pursues fugitives or criminals for whom a reward is offered)

Derivation:

pursue (follow in or as if in pursuit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who pursues some plan or goal

Example:

a pursuer of truth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("pursuer" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

pursue (carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in)

Credits

Context examples:

The silence was unbroken save by the cries of their pursuers, that, unseen, hung upon their rear.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

It appears—though this James only heard yesterday—that they were pursued, that Hayes struck the pursuer with his stick, and that the man died of his injuries.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We had imagined that our pursuers, the ape-men, knew nothing of our brush-wood hiding-place, but we were soon to find out our mistake.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Peters, as I will now call him, started and stared hard at his formidable pursuer.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You do not imagine that if I were the pursuer I should allow myself to be baffled by so slight an obstacle.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There are, or there may be, customs and octroi officers to pass. His pursuers might follow. This is his highest fear; and in order to prevent his being betrayed he has repelled, so far as he can, even his victim—me!

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Hand-clapping and roars of laughter from the hunters greeted the exploit, while Mugridge, eluding half of his pursuers at the foremast, ran aft and through the remainder like a runner on the football field.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

His eye happening to wander upon the maid, however, he instantly abandoned the mistress and danced off after the other, who scurried in confusion up one of the ladders, and dropped the heavy trap-door upon her pursuer.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He barely held his own, one leap ahead of his pursuer.