English noun: pursuer | |||
1. | pursuer (person) a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture | ||
Samples | Always before he had been able to outwit his pursuers. | ||
Synonyms | chaser | ||
Broader (hypernym) | follower | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bounty hunter | ||
2. | pursuer (person) a person who pursues some plan or goal | ||
Samples | A pursuer of truth. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||