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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

chaser (estate chaser, death chaser)

English answer:

refers to those rather slick people

Added to glossary by Evert DELOOF-SYS
Mar 27, 2002 11:35
22 yrs ago
English term

chaser (estate chaser, death chaser)

English Art/Literary
"He had once been an estate chaser with his own agenda. "
"It was owned by Reggie himself, the ultimate death chaser. "

Unfortunately there is no more context to help. Both terms refer to the same person who does something in the auction world and deals with medieval manuscripts.
Could it be someone who buys people's bequest?
Responses
4 +10 refers to those rather slick people
5 Death or Estate Scavenger
4 unscrupulously opportunistic
4 a lawyer (possible version)

Discussion

Attila Piróth Mar 27, 2002:
Esp. with the second sentence, more context is necessary.

Responses

+10
12 mins
Selected

refers to those rather slick people

who indeed 'chase' people who're about to die in order to buy some of their valuables (e.g. manuscripts)before anyone else or who're after real estate to be put up for auction.
The negative connotation can be found in e.g. 'ambulance chaser' as well
Peer comment(s):
agree Chris Rowson (X) : I think this is right, and I suspect it refers to the Reggie from an English TV series called something like "The Rise and Rise of Reginald Perrin". He was a somewhat dodgy character, I think, as indicated here.
4 mins
agree Attila Piróth : `Shark' is also used in this sense.
34 mins
agree Jack Doughty
36 mins
agree LAC
53 mins
agree Margaret Lagoyianni : a sinister preoccupation indeed
2 hrs
agree Michael Deliso : I AGREE
3 hrs
agree athena22 : Someone who chases after, i.e., pursues, the consequences of something bad happening for their own gain--death, injury--etc. There is a sense that it goes way beyond decency and is, as Evert said, way too slick, unprofessional, greedy, etc.
3 hrs
agree John Kinory (X) : Reggie Perrin was not dodgy: on the contrary, he was too naive for the world of advertising.
4 hrs
agree ivw (X)
7 hrs
agree msebold : Perhaps I'm naive, 'cause I'm shocked by the contraction of who and are . . .
8 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you all for the explanation. Ági"
2 hrs

Death or Estate Scavenger

Like those birds or hyenas which prey on the dead or the dying.
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3 hrs

unscrupulously opportunistic

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Note added at 2002-03-27 15:13:10 (GMT)
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...buyer of dead peoples possessions...even before the corpse is cold!
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5 hrs

a lawyer (possible version)

Not enough context...

Sometimes they call lawyers this way:

- ambulance chaser;
- death chaser;
- estate chaser

meaning that a lawyer is around something bad which is about to happen, to grab the case.

I agree with all the above answers, too.
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