stalker

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɔːkə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔːkə(ɹ)
• Homophone: stocker (cot–caught merger)

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.

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

• talkers, kartels, kestral

Borrowed from English stalker.

• IPA^(key): [ˈstalkɛr]
• Hyphenation: stal‧ker

stalker m anim

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

• “stalker”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 - not found
• “stalker”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 - not found
• stalker in Internetová jazyková příručka, 2008–2022, Praha: Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR - found

From English stalker.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɑl.kər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: stal‧ker

stalker m (plural stalkers, diminutive stalkertje n)

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

• stalken
• stalking

Orthographic borrowing from English stalker.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstal.kɛr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -alkɛr
• Syllabification: stal‧ker

stalker m pers (female equivalent stalkerka)

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

• stalker in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• stalker in Polish dictionaries at PWN