stalker

Wikipedia

English

Etymology

to 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 (de) m

• Greek: κυνηγός (el) (kynigós) m and f
• Portuguese: perseguidor (pt) (Brazil)
• Russian: ловчий (ru) (lóvčij) m, следопыт (ru) (sledopýt) m, охотник (ru) (oxótnik) m
• Spanish: acechador (es) m

a person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions

• Arabic: مطارد (ar) (muṭārid) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 潛行者 (cmn), 潜行者 (cmn) (qiánxíngzhě)

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

• Italian: stalker (it)
• Japanese: ストーカー (ja) (sutōkā)
• Korean: 스토커 (ko) (seutokeo)
• Norwegian: stalker (no)
• Russian: преследователь (ru) (preslédovatelʹ) m, сталкер (ru) (stalker) m, стокер (ru) (stóker) m
• Slovak: prenasledovateľ (sk) m
• Spanish: acosador (es)

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