pursuer

English

pursue +‎ -er

pursuer (plural pursuers)

One who pursues.
(Scotland, 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 […]

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: просле́дувач m (prosléduvač)
Portuguese: perseguidor (pt) m
Russian: пресле́дователь (ru) m (preslédovatelʹ), пресле́довательница (ru) f (preslédovatelʹnica)

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