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pursuer

pur·suer

US/pɜrˈsuɜr/ fairly common

noun

1.

a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture

  • “always before he had been able to outwit his pursuers”
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2.

a person who pursues some plan or goal

  • “a pursuer of truth”

Origin

From pursue + -er.

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