stalker

See also: Stalker

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

stalk +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːkə(ɹ)
• Homophone: stocker (US, Canada)

Noun

stalker ‎(plural stalkers)

1. A person who engages in stalking. Originally meant a tracker and hunter or guide of game.
2. A person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions.
3. Any of various devices for removing the stalk from plants during harvesting.
4. A kind of fishing net.

Synonyms

• (a person who stalks game): tracker
• (a person who secretly follows someone): prowler

Translations

a person who stalks game

• Czech: stopař (cs) m
• Finnish: vaanija (fi)
• French: traqueur (fr) m
• German: Pirschjäger m

• Greek: κυνηγός (el) m, f ‎(kynigós)
• Portuguese: perseguidor m
• Russian: ло́вчий (ru) m ‎(lóvčij), следопы́т (ru) m ‎(sledopýt), охо́тник (ru) m ‎(oxótnik)
• Spanish: acechador (es) m

a person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions

• Arabic: مُطَارِد m ‎(muṭārid)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 潛行者, 潜行者 ‎(qiánxíngzhě)

• Finnish: ahdistelija (fi)
• French: rôdeur (fr) m
• German: Stalker (de) m, Verfolger (de) m
• Greek: κυνηγός (el) m, f ‎(kynigós)
• Hebrew: מטריד כפייתי m

• Italian: stalker
• Japanese: ストーカー ‎(sutōkā)
• Korean: 스토커 ‎(seutokeo)
• Norwegian: stalker
• Polish: prześladowca (pl) m, prześladowczyni f
• Portuguese: perseguidor m
• Russian: пресле́дователь (ru) m ‎(preslédovatelʹ), пресле́довательница (ru) f ‎(preslédovatelʹnica), ста́лкер (ru) m ‎(stálker), сто́кер (ru) m ‎(stóker)
• Slovak: prenasledovateľ m
• Spanish: acosador (es)
• Turkish: takipçi (tr)

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