Meaning

2 senses
  1. One who pursues.

    Verfolger, Verfolgerin

    пресле́довательpreslédovatelʹ, пресле́довательницаpreslédovatelʹnica

    a person who pursues some plan or goal

  2. The party who initiates a lawsuit; a plaintiff.

Examples

19 sentences
  1. Tom managed to outrun his pursuers.

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  2. Tom managed to escape from his pursuers.

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  3. Tom was able to outrun his pursuers.

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  4. Tom was able to escape from his pursuers.

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  5. Mary managed to evade her pursuers.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
one who pursues:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who pursues:

Origin

From pursue + -er.

From pursue + -er.

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Forms

plural: pursuers
Singularpursuer
Pluralpursuers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture:chaser

Word family

1 related words
Relatedpursue

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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