pursuer

[US]/pəˈsju:ə/
[UK]/pɚ'suɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. someone who is actively pursuing or chasing; someone who is researching or investigating; someone who is the plaintiff in a legal case.

Example Sentences

He found the pursuer close at his heels.

We managed to give our pursuers the shake.

he managed to elude his pursuers by escaping into a bog.

We managed to shake off our pursuers in the crowd.

The thief managed to throw his pursuers off the scent.

A glance behind confirmed his fears. His pursuer was gaining ground on him rapidly.

As hasty preparations were made to bushwhack the Pursuer, the Ref showed its mettle.

Real-world Examples

Once far enough away, Mekhala confronted her pursuer.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

It can exhaust the pursuer running after it before he can catch up with it.

Source: BBC documentary "A Hundred Treasures Talk About the Changes of Time"

The prosecutor says the 25-year-old Black man gave his pursuers no reason to suspect him of any wrongdoing.

Source: AP Listening Collection November 2021

Next moment, both pursuers had fallen back and disappeared from view.

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

His pursuers were after him at once, like two dogs chasing a hare.

Source: The Adventures of Pinocchio

This secret telephone line helped the rebels stay one step ahead of their pursuers.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

Even before she boarded that bus, she was an activist; a tireless pursuer of justice.

Source: Women Who Changed the World

Fear lapped at him as he looked left and right for pursuers he was sure would come…

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Then, if they were followed, they would twist in their saddles and shoot backwards at their pursuers.

Source: A Brief History of the World

The pursuers all gathered around the well trying to find the burglars drowning himself in the dark hole.

Source: Recite for the King Volume 4 (All 60 lessons)

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