# chaser

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈt͡ʃeɪsə/ · frequency rank #24,403

## Definitions
1. Something or someone who chases.
2. A horse trained for steeplechasing; a steeplechaser.
3. A hunter (a horse bred and trained for use in hunting).
4. A drink consumed after another of a different kind.
5. Someone who follows logs out of the forest in order to signal a yarder engineer to stop them if they become fouled
6. One who unhooks chokers from the logs at the landing.
7. A piece of music played after a performance while the audience leaves.
8. A long piece of flexible wire used to draw an electrical cable through a wall cavity.
9. One of a series of adjacent light bulbs that cycle on and off to give the illusion of movement.
10. A person who guards military prisoners on fatigue duty; a prison guard.
11. A person who is attracted to and seeks out sexual partners with a particular quality, usually in a fetishistic manner.
12. A person who is attracted to and seeks out sexual partners with a particular quality, usually in a fetishistic manner.
13. A person who is attracted to and seeks out sexual partners with a particular quality, usually in a fetishistic manner.
14. In the sport of Quidditch or Muggle quidditch, a player responsible for passing the quaffle and scoring goals with it.
15. Any dragonfly of family Libellulidae.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English chaser, chacer, chasour, borrowed from Old French chaceür, chaceor, from chacier (“to chase, hunt”); later senses from or influenced by chase (“pursue”) + -er. Doublet of chasseur.

## Easily confused with
- **Cher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaser-vs-cher)
- **chose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaser-vs-chose)
- **cheer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaser-vs-cheer)
- **chasm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaser-vs-chasm)
- **closer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaser-vs-closer)
- **chosen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaser-vs-chosen)
- **crater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaser-vs-crater)
- **Chavez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaser-vs-chavez)
- **chases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaser-vs-chases)
- **chisel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaser-vs-chisel)
- **Cramer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaser-vs-cramer)
- **chaste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaser-vs-chaste)
- **choker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaser-vs-choker)
- **cheaper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaser-vs-cheaper)
- **Chester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaser-vs-chester)
- **coaster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaser-vs-coaster)
- **chatter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaser-vs-chatter)
- **cheater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaser-vs-cheater)
- **Chaucer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaser-vs-chaucer)
- **case** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-chaser)

## Common misspellings (9)
`cahser`, `cchaser`, `chaesr`, `chaserr`, `chasre`, `chasser`, `chhaser`, `chsaer`, `hcaser`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/chaser