"pursuer" meaning in English

See pursuer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: pursuers [plural]
Etymology: pursue + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pursue|er}} pursue + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} pursuer (plural pursuers)
  1. One who pursues. Categories (topical): People Translations (one who pursues): διώκτης (diṓktēs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), преследвач (presledvač) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 追趕者 (Chinese Mandarin), 追赶者 (zhuīgǎnzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), seuraaja (Finnish), takaa-ajaja (Finnish), pyrkijä (Finnish), poursuivant (French), Verfolger [masculine] (German), Verfolgerin [feminine] (German), 追跡者 (tsuisekisha) (alt: ついせきしゃ) (Japanese), secūtor [masculine] (Latin), прого́нувач (progónuvač) [masculine] (Macedonian), просле́дувач (prosléduvač) [masculine] (Macedonian), perseguidor [masculine] (Portuguese), пресле́дователь (preslédovatelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), пресле́довательница (preslédovatelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-pursuer-en-noun-IG5Pg5Ed Disambiguation of People: 56 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 60 40 Disambiguation of 'one who pursues': 91 9
  2. (Scots law) The party who initiates a lawsuit; a plaintiff. Categories (topical): Scots law
    Sense id: en-pursuer-en-noun-7UPoz8hw Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50

Inflected forms

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