sĕcūtor (sĕquūtor), ōris, m. [sequor], one that follows another, a follower.
I In gen., an attendant (post-class.): acerrimum relinquens uxori secutorem, Ap. Met. 9, 17, 23; 4, 12, 32; TRIBVNI, Inscr. Orell. 3516 and 3517.—As an appellation of Mars (with Comes), Ap. Met. 7, 11, 4. —
II In partic., a pursuer , a kind of light-armed gladiator who fought with the retiarii (pursuing them), Juv. 8, 210 (et Schol. ad loc.); Inscr. Orell. 2571; 2572; 2583; Suet. Calig. 30; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 55; and Friedlaender in Neues Rhein. Mus. 10, p. 585.