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pursuer

/pəˈsuːə/pur-SOO-ur
/pɚˈsuɚ/pur-SOO-ur

Meaningone who pursues

Common meaning: a chaser

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchporsuir‘poursuir’source
  2. Middle Englishpursuensource
  3. Englishpursue‘to follow’
  4. Englishformed in English from pursuepursuer‘a chaser’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from pursue + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PURSUE, p.479 · scan

Source words

  • porsuir Old French · source word “to follow after”

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