追手・追い手|おいてoite

1. nounpursuer; pursuing party; posse

• Synonym追っ手おってNeutralThe usual modern form, read 「おって」; the headword's 「おいて」 reading is less common. Same meaning — those who chase a fleeing enemy or criminal.
• Synonym追跡者ついせきしゃWrittenA Sino-Japanese word for someone who tracks and chases a fleeing person; modern and written in register, e.g. in detective novels.
• Antonym逃亡者とうぼうしゃNeutralOne who flees or runs away — the counterpart of the 「追手」 pursuing him.
• Antonym追われる側NeutralThe side being chased — the opposite of the pursuer. Not a fixed term, just 追われる plus 側.

For pursuers say 「追っ手」, read 「おって」 — the common modern form; 「追手/おいて」 is rarer. Written prose may use 「追跡者」. The one being chased is the 「逃亡者」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 「逃にげる者もの（敵てきや犯人はんにん）を捕とらえ（切り捨きりすて）ようとして、追い掛おいかける人ひと」を意味いみする「追手おって（おって、おうて）」の異形いぎょう。
2. 追風おいかぜ/追い風（おいかぜ）おいかぜの異形いぎょう。