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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

/ ˈʃɪə /

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

chaser

2

/ ˈʃɪə /

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ 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
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Purely from a musical lover’s perspective, though, the two movies complement each other the way fried fish works with a naengmyeon chaser.

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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.

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

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On average, Desmond says, he finds a chaser in one out of every 10 boxes he buys.

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County, encountering Garcia and other ICE chasers in hot pursuit of federal agents who constantly seemed one step ahead.

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