prowlern.

Brit.

/ˈpraʊlə/, U.S.

/ˈpraʊ(wə)lər/

Forms: see prowl v. and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prowl v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < prowl v. + -er suffix¹.

A person who prowls, in various senses; spec. (a) (formerly) †one who seeks advantage by any underhand or dishonourable means; a parasite; a pilferer, impostor, cheat (obsolete); (b) one who moves stealthily around or loiters with a view to committing a crime; a burglar or sneak thief (now the usual sense).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > one who obtains or acquires > by irregular means

motha1387

sorner1449

sucker?a1513

prowler1519

miligant1568

parasite1821

dog robber1832

ear-biter1855

moocher1857

schnorrer1875

toucher1896

scunge1900

scrounger1909

mooch1914

hum1919

hummer1919

hot-stuffer1929

scrounge1937

joyrider1990

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun]

feature14..

frauderc1475

prowler1519

lurcher1528

defrauder1552

frauditor1553

taker-upc1555

verserc1555

fogger1564

Jack-in-the-box1570

gilenyer1590

foist1591

rutter1591

crossbiter1592

sharker1594

shark1600

bat-fowler1602

cheater1606

foister1610

operator1611

fraudsman1613

projector1615

smoke-sellera1618

decoy1618

firkera1626

scandaroon1631

snapa1640

cunning shaver1652

knight of industrya1658

chouse1658

cheat1664

sharper1681

jockey1683

rooker1683

fool-finder1685

rookster1697

sheep-shearer1699

bubbler1720

gyp1728

bite1742

swindler1770

pigeon1780

mace1781

gouger1790

needle1790

fly-by-night1796

sharp1797

skinner1797

diddler1803

mace cove1811

mace-gloak1819

macer1819

flat-catcher1821

moonlight wanderer1823

burner1838

Peter Funk1840

Funk1842

pigeoner1849

maceman1850

bester1856

fiddler1857

highway robber1874

bunco-steerer1875

swizzler1876

forty1879

flim-flammer1881

chouser1883

take-down1888

highbinder1890

fraud1895

Sam Slick1897

grafter1899

come-on1905

verneuker1905

gypster1917

chiseller1918

tweedler1925

rorter1926

gazumper1932

chizzer1935

sharpie1942

sharpster1942

slick1959

slickster1965

rip-off artist1968

shonky1970

rip-off merchant1971

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [noun]

shondc725

faitoura1340

fob1393

trumper?c1450

feature14..

chuffera1500

prowler1519

truphane1568

cozener1575

cogger1580

pretender1583

impostor1586

mountebank1589

sycophant?1589

foolmonger1593

affronter1598

assumer1600

knight (also lord, man, etc.) of gingerbread1602

pettifogger1602

budgeter1603

quacksalver1611

empiric1614

putter-off?1615

quack1638

stafador1638

saltimbanco1646

adventurer1648

fourbe1668

shammer1677

imposer1678

charlatana1680

sham1683

cheat1687

hocus1692

gull1699

shamster1716

coal-blower1720

humbugger1752

gagger1781

fudge1794

humbug1804

potwalloper1820

twister1834

jackleg1844

fraud1850

bunyip1852

empiricist1854

Bayswater Captain1880

bluffer1888

putter-down1906

quandong1939

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > [noun] > one who moves stealthily

mitchera1500

prowler1519

creeper1589

pussyfoot1907

slinker1919

pussyfooter1923

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > in search of prey or plunder > one who

prowler1519

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun] > who enters through unlocked door or window

area sneak1819

sneaksman1819

sneak-thief1859

parlour-jumper1860

prowler1912

stair dancer1958

α.

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria iii. f. 28^v He is a good proller for the bely.

a1520 Vox Populi Vox Dei 712 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. III. 292 Customers and comptrollers, Purvyours and prollers.

1550 T. Lever Serm. Thyrd Sonday in Lent sig. B.iii Couetous greedyguttes, & ambicious prollers.

1602 W. Warner Albions Eng. v. xxvii. 137 Prolers, Blood-thirstie, Parasites, Make-shifts, & Bawdes did thriue.

1632 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 4) ii. iii. viii. 366 No sharkers, no Cunnicatchers, no prolers.

1735 W. Somervile Chace iv. 398 O'er the dank rushy Marsh The sly Goose-footed Proler [sc. the otter] bends his Course.

1795 Theatr. Jester 9 Some Prollers being lately taken before a magistrate in the country.

β. ?1544 J. Bale Epist. Exhortatorye f. ii^v Bysshoppes and stoute sturdye Canons of cathedrall churches, with other petie prowlers.1589 L. Wright Summons for Sleepers 25 Our..Countrie hath ingendered a multitude of daintie and vicious people, proude, prodigall wasters, miserable pinching proulers, false dissembling liars, [etc.].1613 F. Mason Of Consecration Bishops iv. xiii. 193 The Bishop of Norwich, the Popes prowler,..wrote to the Abbot of S. Albans for 80. marke.1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. iii. 129 Suttle Prowlers, Pastors in Name, but indeed Wolves.1785 T. Potter Moralist II. 20 Night came suddenly on, and created those alarms, which result from being exposed to the dangers of some savage prowler.1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xv. 712 Some prowler of the wilds.1814 F. Burney Wanderer V. ix. lxxxiii. 145 He has as hang-dog a physiognomy as a Bow Street prowler might wish to light upon on a summer's day.1861 C. Dickens Tom Tiddler's Ground i, in All Year Round Extra Christmas No., 12 Dec. 4/2 You attract all the disreputable vagabonds and prowlers.1912 D. Lowrie My Life in Prison i. 5 Inadvertently we had left the back door open one night and a nocturnal prowler had taken advantage of it.1955 H. Kurnitz Invasion of Privacy (1956) xv. 99 It was Zorn's first ride in a police car. The radio chattered endlessly..of prowlers, burglars, rapists.1999 C. Grimshaw Provocation xvi. 263 I'm not going to hang around here,..with all the prowlers and nutters, and nothing but the dog for company.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prowler
释义	prowlern. Brit. /ˈpraʊlə/, U.S. /ˈpraʊ(wə)lər/ Forms: see prowl v. and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prowl v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < prowl v. + -er suffix¹. A person who prowls, in various senses; spec. (a) (formerly) †one who seeks advantage by any underhand or dishonourable means; a parasite; a pilferer, impostor, cheat (obsolete); (b) one who moves stealthily around or loiters with a view to committing a crime; a burglar or sneak thief (now the usual sense). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > one who obtains or acquires > by irregular means motha1387 sorner1449 sucker?a1513 prowler1519 miligant1568 parasite1821 dog robber1832 ear-biter1855 moocher1857 schnorrer1875 toucher1896 scunge1900 scrounger1909 mooch1914 hum1919 hummer1919 hot-stuffer1929 scrounge1937 joyrider1990 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] feature14.. frauderc1475 prowler1519 lurcher1528 defrauder1552 frauditor1553 taker-upc1555 verserc1555 fogger1564 Jack-in-the-box1570 gilenyer1590 foist1591 rutter1591 crossbiter1592 sharker1594 shark1600 bat-fowler1602 cheater1606 foister1610 operator1611 fraudsman1613 projector1615 smoke-sellera1618 decoy1618 firkera1626 scandaroon1631 snapa1640 cunning shaver1652 knight of industrya1658 chouse1658 cheat1664 sharper1681 jockey1683 rooker1683 fool-finder1685 rookster1697 sheep-shearer1699 bubbler1720 gyp1728 bite1742 swindler1770 pigeon1780 mace1781 gouger1790 needle1790 fly-by-night1796 sharp1797 skinner1797 diddler1803 mace cove1811 mace-gloak1819 macer1819 flat-catcher1821 moonlight wanderer1823 burner1838 Peter Funk1840 Funk1842 pigeoner1849 maceman1850 bester1856 fiddler1857 highway robber1874 bunco-steerer1875 swizzler1876 forty1879 flim-flammer1881 chouser1883 take-down1888 highbinder1890 fraud1895 Sam Slick1897 grafter1899 come-on1905 verneuker1905 gypster1917 chiseller1918 tweedler1925 rorter1926 gazumper1932 chizzer1935 sharpie1942 sharpster1942 slick1959 slickster1965 rip-off artist1968 shonky1970 rip-off merchant1971 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [noun] shondc725 faitoura1340 fob1393 trumper?c1450 feature14.. chuffera1500 prowler1519 truphane1568 cozener1575 cogger1580 pretender1583 impostor1586 mountebank1589 sycophant?1589 foolmonger1593 affronter1598 assumer1600 knight (also lord, man, etc.) of gingerbread1602 pettifogger1602 budgeter1603 quacksalver1611 empiric1614 putter-off?1615 quack1638 stafador1638 saltimbanco1646 adventurer1648 fourbe1668 shammer1677 imposer1678 charlatana1680 sham1683 cheat1687 hocus1692 gull1699 shamster1716 coal-blower1720 humbugger1752 gagger1781 fudge1794 humbug1804 potwalloper1820 twister1834 jackleg1844 fraud1850 bunyip1852 empiricist1854 Bayswater Captain1880 bluffer1888 putter-down1906 quandong1939 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > [noun] > one who moves stealthily mitchera1500 prowler1519 creeper1589 pussyfoot1907 slinker1919 pussyfooter1923 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > in search of prey or plunder > one who prowler1519 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun] > who enters through unlocked door or window area sneak1819 sneaksman1819 sneak-thief1859 parlour-jumper1860 prowler1912 stair dancer1958 α. 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria iii. f. 28^v He is a good proller for the bely. a1520 Vox Populi Vox Dei 712 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. III. 292 Customers and comptrollers, Purvyours and prollers. 1550 T. Lever Serm. Thyrd Sonday in Lent sig. B.iii Couetous greedyguttes, & ambicious prollers. 1602 W. Warner Albions Eng. v. xxvii. 137 Prolers, Blood-thirstie, Parasites, Make-shifts, & Bawdes did thriue. 1632 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 4) ii. iii. viii. 366 No sharkers, no Cunnicatchers, no prolers. 1735 W. Somervile Chace iv. 398 O'er the dank rushy Marsh The sly Goose-footed Proler [sc. the otter] bends his Course. 1795 Theatr. Jester 9 Some Prollers being lately taken before a magistrate in the country. β. ?1544 J. Bale Epist. Exhortatorye f. ii^v Bysshoppes and stoute sturdye Canons of cathedrall churches, with other petie prowlers.1589 L. Wright Summons for Sleepers 25 Our..Countrie hath ingendered a multitude of daintie and vicious people, proude, prodigall wasters, miserable pinching proulers, false dissembling liars, [etc.].1613 F. Mason Of Consecration Bishops iv. xiii. 193 The Bishop of Norwich, the Popes prowler,..wrote to the Abbot of S. Albans for 80. marke.1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. iii. 129 Suttle Prowlers, Pastors in Name, but indeed Wolves.1785 T. Potter Moralist II. 20 Night came suddenly on, and created those alarms, which result from being exposed to the dangers of some savage prowler.1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xv. 712 Some prowler of the wilds.1814 F. Burney Wanderer V. ix. lxxxiii. 145 He has as hang-dog a physiognomy as a Bow Street prowler might wish to light upon on a summer's day.1861 C. Dickens Tom Tiddler's Ground i, in All Year Round Extra Christmas No., 12 Dec. 4/2 You attract all the disreputable vagabonds and prowlers.1912 D. Lowrie My Life in Prison i. 5 Inadvertently we had left the back door open one night and a nocturnal prowler had taken advantage of it.1955 H. Kurnitz Invasion of Privacy (1956) xv. 99 It was Zorn's first ride in a police car. The radio chattered endlessly..of prowlers, burglars, rapists.1999 C. Grimshaw Provocation xvi. 263 I'm not going to hang around here,..with all the prowlers and nutters, and nothing but the dog for company. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1519
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