pursuer

English

Etymology

From pursue +‎ -er.

Noun

pursuer (plural pursuers)

1. One who pursues.
2. (Scots law) The party who initiates a lawsuit; a plaintiff.
   • 1809, Faculty of Advocates (Scotland), Decisions of the Court of Sessions, from 1752 to 1808, page 216:

     On his area the pursuer built a dwelling-house, of which the gable and garden-wall were mutual with his neighbour Smith […]

Translations

one who pursues

• Bulgarian: преследвач m (presledvač)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 追趕者 / 追赶者 (zhuīgǎnzhě)

• Finnish: seuraaja (fi), takaa-ajaja (fi), pyrkijä (fi)
• French: poursuivant (fr)
• German: Verfolger (de) m, Verfolgerin (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: διώκτης m (diṓktēs)

• Japanese: 追跡者 (ついせきしゃ, tsuisekisha)
• Latin: secūtor m
• Macedonian: прого́нувач m (progónuvač), просле́дувач m (prosléduvač)
• Portuguese: perseguidor (pt) m
• Romanian: urmăritor (ro) m
• Russian: пресле́дователь (ru) m (preslédovatelʹ), пресле́довательница (ru) f (preslédovatelʹnica)

Anagrams

• usurper