Obs. [f. SUE v. + -ER1.]
1. A pursuer.
1388. Wyclif, Lam. i. 6. The princes therof … ȝeden forth withouten strengthe bifore the face of the suere.
2. A follower, disciple.
c. 1380. Wyclif, Sel. Wks., III. 511. Jesus Crist and his apostilis and here beste seweres.
c. 1394. P. Pl. Crede, 148. Crist … saide to his sueres forsoþe on þis wise.
1395. Purvey, Remonstr. (1851), 47. Be ye my sueris as and I am the suere of Crist [cf. 1 Cor. xi. 1].
3. One who follows (a course of action).
1382. Wyclif, Titus ii. 14. A peple acceptable to him silf, suere of good werkis.
a. 1420. Wyclif’s Bible, Ecclus. xli. 8, gloss. The sones of synneris; that is, sueris of the fadris synnes.
c. 1510. Barclay, Mirr. Gd. Manners (1570), A iij. That is the foure Vertues surnamed Cardinall,… For them and their suers God doth alway commende.
4. One who sues or petitions; esp. a plaintiff.
1423. Rolls of Parlt., IV. 256/2. That the partie so founden in defaute, paie to the suer … half as muche as the forfaiture amounteth too.
1461. Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889), 311. Halfe to the courte and half to the suere.
1495–6. Plumpton Corr. (Camden), 114. That no privie seal shold goe against no man, but if the suer therof wold find suerty to yeld the parties defendants ther damages.
a. 1565. Rastell, Bew. M. Iewel, Pref. A ix b. If the Suer for it be notus Pontifici.
1593. [see SUBMISSIONER].
