pursuer

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /pɚˈsuɚ/ UK /pəˈsjuːə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a person who chases or follows another, or a plaintiff in Scots law

The fox darted into the hedge to lose its pursuer.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who chases or... chaserfollower huntertrackerplaintiff prosecutor

Opposites

pursued quarry fugitive defender

Word family

Related forms pursue pursuit pursuance pursual

Etymology

From pursue + -er; pursue comes from Old French poursuir, from Vulgar Latin prosequere, from Latin prosequi ('to follow after'), from sequi ('to follow').

poursuir Old French prosequi Latin sequi Latin

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# pursuer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /pɚˈsuɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /pəˈsjuːə/

## Meanings
1. a person who chases or follows another, or a plaintiff in Scots law

## Examples
- The fox darted into the hedge to lose its pursuer.

## Synonyms
- chaser
- follower
- hunter
- tracker
- plaintiff
- prosecutor

## Antonyms
- pursued
- quarry
- fugitive
- defender

## Related Forms
- pursue
- pursuit
- pursuance
- pursual

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: poursuir
- Root: prosequi
- Root: sequi

## Etymology
From pursue + -er; pursue comes from Old French poursuir, from Vulgar Latin prosequere, from Latin prosequi ('to follow after'), from sequi ('to follow').

## AI Etymology
Pursuer is from pursue + -er; pursue comes from Old French poursuir, from Vulgar Latin prosequere, from Latin prosequi ('to follow after'), from sequi ('to follow'). Important recorded forms include poursuir (Old French), prosequi (Latin), and sequi (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers a person who chases or follows another, or a plaintiff in Scots law. The wider family includes related words such as pursue, pursuit, pursuance, and pursual.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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