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# pursuer

«pursuer» in Mova's school dictionary: **someone who is chasing or following another person or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a pursuer, pursuers)

### meaning for a pupil

A pursuer is someone who is chasing or following another person or animal to try to catch them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuer/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, chases and adventure tales, the pursuer is the one chasing; the hero may hide from pursuers. In nature lessons, a predator is the pursuer of its prey. In police news, «escape his pursuers». Phrases: «escape from pursuers», «shake off a pursuer», «in hot pursuit».

### examples

- The fox ran into a hole to escape its pursuers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuer/#x1)
- The thief looked back at his pursuers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuer/#x2)
- The rabbit was faster than its pursuer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuer/#x3)
- The hero hid in a cave until his pursuers had gone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuer/#x4)
- The cheetah is a fast pursuer but tires quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuer/#x5)
- She shook off her pursuers by climbing over the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuer/#x6)
- The pursuers returned to the Water King. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuer/#x7)

### note

Countable noun. From «pursue» (to chase, or to work towards a goal) + -er. Related noun: pursuit («in hot pursuit»). Spelling: pursuer has «-suer» at the end.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pursuer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.