chaser

Meaning

1. A person or thing (ship, plane, car, etc.) that chases.
2. A hunter.
3. A horse: (originally) a horse used for hunting; (now) a horse trained for steeplechasing, a steeplechaser.
4. A drink consumed after another of a different kind.
5. (obsolete) Someone who follows logs out of the forest in order to signal a yarder engineer to stop them if they become fouled (also called a frogger).
6. One who unhooks chokers from the logs at the landing.
7. (slang) A piece of music, etc. played after a performance while the audience leaves.
8. One of a series of adjacent light bulbs that cycle on and off to give the illusion of movement.
9. A long piece of flexible wire used to draw an electrical cable through a wall cavity.
10. Synonym of prison chaser (“person who guards military prisoners”)
11. (slang) A person who seeks out sexual partners with a particular quality:
12. (slang) A person who seeks out sexual partners with a particular quality:
13. (slang) A person who seeks out sexual partners with a particular quality:
14. In the sport of Quidditch or Muggle quidditch, a player responsible for passing the quaffle and scoring goals with it.
15. Any dragonfly of family Libellulidae.

Synonyms

pursuer

hunter

fighter plane

mangle

peashooter

persecutor

roller

router

warcraft

warplane

fighter aircraft

fighting-plane

submarine hunter

hunter-killer

bucker

sub-hunter

fighter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtʃeɪsə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English chaser, chacer, chasour, borrowed from Old French chaceür, chaceor, from chacier (“to chase, hunt”); later senses from or influenced by chase (“pursue”) + -er. Doublet of chasseur.