Dictionary

stalker en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈstaːkɐ/ (Northumbria)
• /ˈstɔːkə(ɹ)/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

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.
   • If the stalker thriller “Obsessed,” which opens on Friday, tops the box office, Clinton R. Culpepper will cement his reputation as Hollywood’s king of the schlockbuster. 2009 April 22, Michael Cieply, “He’s Behind the Guffaws and the Gore”, in The New York Times:
   • Ordinary people have already been face-swapped into videos for humorous or prank purposes and there is no reason to believe that abusers, harassers, stalkers, and blackmailers will not soon be face-swapping victims into compromising video as part of their arsenal. 2018 April, Larry Zimmerman, “Cheap and Easily Manipulated Video”, in The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association, Topeka, Kan.: Kansas Bar Association, →ISSN, page 21:
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.
6. A horse that tends to stay just behind the leaders in a race.
   • If the class of the field is a stalker, I'm all in in terms of evaluating his chances. 2024, Jack Adler, Horse Racing: An Opinion: A New Way of Seeing the Sport of Kings:

Forms

Deriveds

stalkerazzi · gangstalker · stalkerlike · stalkarazzi · cyberstalker · shadow-stalker · stalkerware · stalkerhood · deer stalker · night-stalker · deathstalker · deerstalker · stan · stalkerish

Descendants

สตอล์กเกอร์ · stalker · Stalker · ста́лкер · stalker · 스토커 · ストーカー · сто́кер · stalker

Synonyms

tracker (person who stalks game) · prowler (person who secretly follows someone)

Translations (70)

mk ло́вец (person who stalks game) · he מטריד כפייתי (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · mk де́мнач (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · it stalker (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · pl stalkerka (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · fr rôdeuse (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · pl obserwatorka (person who stalks game) · es acechadora (person who stalks game) · it vessatrice (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · cs stopařka (person who stalks game) · de Pirschjäger (person who stalks game) · mk ло́вџија (person who stalks game) · el κυνηγός (person who stalks game) · it cacciatore (person who stalks game) · de Stalkerin (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · pl prześladowczyni (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · ru ста́лкер (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · es acosadora (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · pt perseguidora (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · tr takipçi (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · el κυνηγός (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · pt perseguidor (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · pl prześladowca (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · mk прого́нувач (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · ru охо́тник (person who stalks game) · it molestatrice (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · es acechador (person who stalks game) · pt perseguidora (person who stalks game) · fi piinaaja (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · ru пресле́довательница (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · id penguntit (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · sk prenasledovateľ (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · cmn 潛行者 /潜行者 (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · ru ло́вчий (person who stalks game) · fi vainoaja (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · ko 스토커 (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · cmn 跟蹤狂 /跟踪狂 (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · fi ahdistelija (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · ru пресле́дователь (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · ru следопы́т (person who stalks game) · it cacciatrice (person who stalks game) · ga stalcaire (person who stalks game) · it vessatore (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · tt эзәрләүче (person who stalks game) · fi vaanija (person who stalks game) · pl stalker (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · th สตอล์กเกอร์ (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · cs stopař (person who stalks game) · pl obserwator (person who stalks game) · it molestatore (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · fr traqueuse (person who stalks game) · nl stalker (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · de Pirschjägerin (person who stalks game) · ja ストーカー (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · de Verfolger (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · no stalker (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · de Stalker (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · de Nachsteller (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · es acosador (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · ar مُطَارِد (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · fr rôdeur (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · id stalker (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · pt stalker (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · de Nachstellerin (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · de Verfolgerin (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · fr traqueur (person who stalks game) · ru сто́кер (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · pt perseguidor (person who stalks game) · tr önücü (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) · mk прого́нител (person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions)