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.

  2. Tom managed to escape from his pursuers.

  3. Tom was able to outrun his pursuers.

  4. Tom was able to escape from his pursuers.

  5. Mary managed to evade her pursuers.

    ruМэри удалось скрыться от преследователей. — ZegPhig

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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