pursued

Definitions of pursued
  1. adjective
    followed with enmity as if to harm
    “running and leaping like a herd of pursued antelopes”
  2. noun
    a person who is being chased
    “the film jumped back and forth from the pursuer to the pursued”
    synonyms: chased
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    type of:
    hunted person
    a person who is hunted
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