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pursuern. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French purseweour , pursuer ; pursue v., -er suffix1. Etymology: Partly < Anglo-Norman purseweour, pursuer, pursueour, persuer persecutor (first half of the 12th cent.), plaintiff, petitioner (early 15th cent. or earlier; < pursuer , pursure , etc. pursue v. + -er , -our -er suffix2), and partly < pursue v. + -er suffix1. With the β. forms compare discussion of the γ. forms at pursue v. Compare pursuand n., pursuant n., and also later persecutor n.With the specific use at sense 2 compare French poursuiveur person who follows after or chases, especially womanizer (1788 in this spec. sense). the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [noun] > one who or that which harasses the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > persecution > one who a1382 (Bodl. 959) Esther ix. 2 Þer ben gedered bi alle citees, burȝ-townes, & placis þat þei shulden strecchen out hond aȝen enemys & þer pursueres [L. persecutores]. ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif (1880) 138 Þei ben manquelleris & pursueris of crist. a1500 St. Jerome (Lamb.) in (1880) 3 342 (MED) Thus, dere Austyne, we be tawght not to drede the pursuers of oure ffeythe. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil vi. ii. 22 Nor Juno, Troianis persewar expres, Sall nevir mair failȝe in ȝour contrary. 1545 G. Joye (i.) f. 16v So cruel persewers of cryst in his menbers. 1599 T. Bilson 35 God did not deliuer Christ out of the handes of the Iewes, but let him alone in the power of his pursuers, vntil he died. 1642 D. Rogers 106 Desperate opposites and pursuers of all grace, of Christ and Christians. 1688 W. Barton tr. 682 From my pursuers rescue me, since stronger far than I. the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [noun] > pursuit > pursuer society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > seeking marriage > [noun] > seeking hand in marriage > one who a1382 (Bodl. 959) 2 Esdras ix. 11 Þe pursueres [L. persecutores], forsoþe, of hem þou þrewe a-fer in to þe depnesse as a ston in stronge watris. a1450 ( tr. Vegetius (Douce) f. 87 (MED) He þat is pursewere after hem þat voydeþ or fleeþ..sendiþ out..a fewe horsmen to folowe þe tayl. 1539 Josh. ii. 16 Gett you into the mountayne, lest the pursuers mete you. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie (1888) I. 21 Quhill a persewar is following ony thing he wantis. 1600 in R. Pitcairn (1833) II. 251 As for thir romuris that gois that the King was ane doar and not ane sufferer ane persewar and not persewit it is not true. 1683 I. Walton 12 'Twas their hap To meet the Boars pursuer in the gap With his Sword drawn. 1699 B. E. Fortune-hunters, pursuers of such [sc. a rich Maid, or wealthy Widdow, an Heiress] to obtain them in marriage. 1728 J. Morgan I. iv. 284 Above 40,000 died by the Weapons of their merciless Pursuers, the Spanish Cavalry. 1795 C. T. Smith III. xxvii. 56 She had gained recollection enough to resolve on returning up stairs, and shutting her door, before these her cruel pursuers should arrive at it. 1823 Ld. Byron xxxvii. 23 Sometimes they accept some long pursuer, Worn out with importunity. 1875 W. S. Hayward 14 The fox turns with savage fury on his pursuer. 1927 Summer 29/3 Our pursuers were soon out-distanced. 1991 M. Duffy (1992) 41 In spite of the fashionable talk of toyboys, Hetty knows her likeliest pursuer will come after her at a geriatric hobble. society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldry > herald > [noun] > officer ranking below herald 1384–5 in J. T. Fowler (1901) III. 594 1 pursuer de armes. society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > party in litigation > [noun] > plaintiff 1430 in M. Sellers (1918) 34 (MED) Burneley..is a trewe and a diligent and a kunnyng pursuer, to whom the lordes gaf ryght gode favour. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve (Harl. 4866) (1897) 1534 Many swyche pursuours þere ben, Þat for vs take, & ȝeue vs nat a myte. 1503–4 c. 31 The demaundantes pleyntyffes or pursuers of the same accions. 1543 ( (1812) 292 Florence, therle of Holand, & his compeers, That claimed then the croune of Scotland..as pursuers Came to kyng Edward. 1564–5 in J. H. Burton (1877) 1st Ser. I. 318 The saidis Gilbert Millar, persewar, and the said Johnne Hammiltoun comperand bayth personalie. 1625 in S. A. Gillon (1953) I. 19 Persewaris: Elizabeth Craufurd, the relict [etc.]. 1708 (1737) ii. ii. iv. 375 The Lord Advocate..is the Pursuer of all Capital Crimes before the Justiciary. 1773 Session Papers in (1968) VII. at Pursue He pays nothing else to the pursuer, out of his possession, excepting a meat goose, when he rears geese. 1807 W. Scott 14 Mar. (1932) I. 359 This principle that the pursuers are entitled to have their time compensated when they were bona fide off work. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato (ed. 2) I. 317 What is your suit, Euthyphro? are you the pursuer or the defendant? 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius iv. 288 There is the same fiction if he be either pursuer or defender in an action on the Aquilian law for wrongful damage to property. 1921 21 Oct. 3 After an absence of 20 minutes, the jury returned a verdict for the pursuer, and assessed the damages at £300. 1964 106 The defenders maintained that the pursuer's averments were of doubtful relevancy. 1991 Aug. 24/3 The court agreed with counsel for the pursuers that a reasonable man would have been suspicious by the nature of the transaction. society > armed hostility > warrior > attacker > [noun] > besieger or blockader a1578 R. Lindsay (1899) I. 143 The seige lastit langer nor the perssouaris expectatioun was. a1578 R. Lindsay (1899) I. 143 The persewaris war all maist tint in the lang seiging. c1626 H. Bisset (1922) II. 188 Defence of..thair..cuntrie..fra the unjust invasionis and persuit of sua mychtie..persewaris. the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > [noun] > ambitious person 1587 A. Fleming 3rd Table Chron. Eng. sig. D.iii/3, in A. Fleming et al. (new ed.) III The pursuer of vertue and prowesse. 1651 T. Hobbes i. xiv. 70 A Generosity too rarely found to be presumed on, especially in the pursuers of Wealth. 1691 A. Wood I. 318 I [am] an eager pursuer of Truth. 1715 J. Swift Enquiry Queen's Last Ministry i, in (1765) VIII. i. 33 Of his pleasures, of which he had indeed been too great and criminal a pursuer. 1796 C. Pitt ii. vi. 245 Perhaps the candid and more intelligent pursuers of truth..will grant the following to be consistent with their meaning. 1842 T. P. Thompson III. 118 But these [sc. ascetics] too, were pursuers of the Greatest-Happiness Principle..after a sort. 1895 2 469/2 The Association has, moreover, justified the views of its founders in promoting intercourse between the pursuers of science. 1943 3 May 7/3 Nor are they [sc. miners] as a whole conscious agents of their country's enemies or even pursuers of a narrow, selfish advantage. 1997 1 Mar. 44/3 For pursuers of palaeotrivia, the Guinness fossil record for the biggest bird known to science goes to the late Miocene teratron Argentavis magnificens. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.a1382 |
