chaser

¹

[chey-ser]

noun

1. a person or thing that chases or pursues.

2. a drink of a milder beverage taken after a drink of liquor.

3. Also called chase gun. (on a vessel) a gun especially for use when in chase or when being chased.

4. a hunter.

5. Theater.

   1. Chiefly British.,  the final act or musical number of a vaudeville or variety show.

   2. the music played as the audience leaves a theater.

chaser

²

[chey-ser]

noun

1. a tool with multiple teeth for cutting screw threads.

chaser

³

[chey-ser]

noun

1. a person who engraves metal.

chaser

¹

/ ˈtʃeɪsə /

noun

1. a person or thing that chases

2. a drink drunk after another of a different kind, as beer after spirits

3. a cannon on a vessel situated either at the bow ( bow chaser ) or the stern ( stern chaser ) and used during pursuit by or of another vessel

chaser

²

/ ˈtʃeɪsə /

noun

1. a person who engraves

2. a lathe cutting tool for accurately finishing a screw thread, having a cutting edge consisting of several repetitions of the thread form

Word History and Origins

Origin of chaser¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English chasour, chesour “hunting horse, hunter,” from Old French chaceo(u)r, from chacier chase ¹ + -er ¹ ( def. )

Origin of chaser²

First recorded in 1700–10; chase ² + -er ¹

Origin of chaser³

First recorded in 1700–10; chase ³ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

When Rudy, who has been with Deck trolling the Badspital for clients, suggests he wasn’t cut out to be an “ambulance chaser,” she also has this to say.

From Los Angeles Times

The group briefly reformed on the long descent to Carcassone but moments later, Wellens attacked with 44 km to go and the chasers never looked like closing the gap.

From BBC

Purely from a musical lover’s perspective, though, the two movies complement each other the way fried fish works with a naengmyeon chaser.

From Salon

He first appears in the series as part of a hide-and-seek match where the chasers are equipped with machine guns and permitted to rain bullets down on the innocent.

From Salon

And that all it might take is denial with a chaser of fear to topple a democracy that once felt unbreakable.

From Los Angeles Times

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