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One who sues; a suitor.

One who issues, emits, or publishes.

One who pursues or chases; one who follows in haste, with a view to overtake.

To raise to a higher rank; to promote. Ahasueres . . . advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes. Esther iii. 1.

One who or that which chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter.

fuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument. The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles. Trench.

ing to the habits of some animals of running back over the same track to mislead their pursuers. Brewer.

1. One who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; a dependent associate; a retainer.

To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers. Abp. Bramhall.

A pursuer; a persecutor; a censorious critic. [Obs.] Bailey.

A seeker; a pursuer. [Obs.] "Hot questrists after him." Shak.

l intended for currency, and issued by a private party, usually bearing the name of the issuer, and redeemable in lawful money. Also, a coin issued by government, esp. when its use as lawful money is limited and its intrinsic value is much below its nominal value.

rage; fury; ire. Wrath is a fire, and jealousy a weed. Spenser. When the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased. Esther ii. 1. Now smoking and frothing Its tumult and wrath in. Southey.