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stalk·er

[staw-ker]
noun
1.
a person who pursues game, prey, or a person stealthily.
2.
a person who harasses another person, as a former lover, a famous person, etc., in an aggressive, often threatening and illegal manner: Hollywood stars often have security guards to keep dangerous stalkers at bay.

Origin:
stalk2 (verb) + -er1
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Example Sentences
  • Early last year, the corporate stalker made his move.
  • The better part of myself becomes eclipsed by the creepy stalker side.
  • His pursuit of a young widow was so unrelenting he would be called a stalker today.
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stalk2 (stɔːk)
 
vb
1.  to follow or approach (game, prey, etc) stealthily and quietly
2.  to pursue persistently and, sometimes, attack (a person with whom one is obsessed, often a celebrity)
3.  to spread over (a place) in a menacing or grim manner: fever stalked the camp
4.  (intr) to walk in a haughty, stiff, or threatening way: he stalked out in disgust
5.  to search or draw (a piece of land) for prey
 
n
6.  the act of stalking
7.  a stiff or threatening stride
 
[Old English bestealcian to walk stealthily; related to Middle Low German stolkeren, Danish stalke]
 
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