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Stalker

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stalk 1  (stôk)
n.
1.
a. A stem or main axis of a herbaceous plant.
b. A stem or similar structure that supports a plant part such as a flower, flower cluster, or leaf.
2. A slender or elongated support or structure, as one that holds up an organ or another body part.
[Middle English, probably diminutive of stale, upright of a ladder, post, handle, from Old English stalu; see stel- in Indo-European roots.]
stalky adj.
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Noun1.stalker - someone who walks with long stiff strides
pedestrian, footer, walker - a person who travels by foot
2.stalker - someone who stalks game
hunter, huntsman - someone who hunts game
3.Stalkerstalker - someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions
prowler, sneak
interloper, intruder, trespasser - someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
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Mbonga, wily stalker of keen-eared jungle creatures, moved now in utter silence.
Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
He searched also for some means of ingress to the city, yet here, too, failure was his only reward, and now as he went keen eyes watched him from above and a silent stalker kept pace with him for a time upon the summit of the wall; but presently the shadower descended to the pavement within and hurrying swiftly raced ahead of the stranger without.
The Chessmen of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Even as these thoughts passed through his mind some noise of the stalker in his rear must have come to the buck, for with a sudden start he paused for an instant, trembling, in his tracks, and then with a swift bound dashed straight for the river and Tarzan.
The Beasts of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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