stalker

See also: Stalker

English

Etymology

From Middle English stalkere, equivalent to stalk +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːkə(ɹ)
• Homophone: stocker (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Noun

stalker (plural stalkers)

1. A person who engages in stalking, i.e. quietly approaching animals to be hunted; a tracker or guide in hunting 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. Any bird that walks with a stalking motion.
5. (obsolete) 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 or f (kynigós)

• Italian: cacciatore (it) m
• Polish: obserwator (pl) m (literally)
• 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)

• Dutch: stalker (nl) m
• Finnish: ahdistelija (fi)
• French: rôdeur (fr) m
• German: Stalker (de) m, Verfolger (de) m
• Greek: κυνηγός (el) m or f (kynigós)
• Hebrew: מטריד כפייתי‎ m
• Italian: stalker, molestatore m, vessatore (it) m

• 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)

Anagrams

• talkers

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English stalker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɑl.kər/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: stal‧ker

Noun

stalker m (plural stalkers, diminutive stalkertje n)

1. A stalker (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions).

Related terms

• stalken
• stalking