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chaser

1 American  
[chey-ser] / ˈtʃeɪ sər /

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 American  
[chey-ser] / ˈtʃeɪ sər /

noun

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

chaser 3 American  
[chey-ser] / ˈtʃeɪ sər /

noun

  1. a person who engraves metal.

chaser 1 British  
/ 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

"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 British  
/ 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

"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

Etymology

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

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But Joshua refused to confirm whether a fight between the pair would happen next, instead calling Fury a "clout chaser".

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Gina: A Grade One-winning novice chaser who hasn't really progressed this season in the way his promising first start of the campaign suggested he would.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Your chaser is Alison McAlpine’s appealing, aptly titled “Perfectly a Strangeness,” sans humans, but starring three donkeys in an unnamed desert happening upon a cluster of hilltop observatories.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Charles, who has been a storm chaser for nearly 16 years, said he’s never experienced anything like the Palisades fire before.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2025

Nevertheless, he stuck around to watch the Korean conflict, where Ensign Stephanides served on a submarine chaser.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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