stalkern.

Brit.

/ˈstɔːkə/, U.S.

/ˈstɔkər/,

/ˈstɑkər/

Etymology: < stalk v.¹ + -er suffix¹. The identity of the word in sense 1 is questionable.

†1. A kind of net used by poachers. Also stalker net. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun] > net > other nets

stalker1389

pocketc1425

hoop-net1481

hose-net1554

gap-net1727

bag-net1777

hoop1882

skim-neta1884

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > other nets

Peter netc1280

flue1388

wade1388

stalker1389

shove-net1418

trod-net1523

butt1533

web1533

fagnet1558

seur1558

trimnet1558

trollnet1558

pot-net1584

treat net1584

weir-net1585

hagan1630

henbilt1630

rugnet1630

basket-net1652

landing-net1653

stream-net1662

wolf1725

ram's horn1792

gill net1795

wolf-net1819

trap-net1856

forewheel1861

stow-net1871

lave net1875

kettle-bail1881

beating-net1883

keeve-net1883

net basin1883

wing-neta1884

trap-seine1891

lead-net1910

ghost net1959

1389 Act 13 Rich. II Stat. 1. c. 19 §1 Qe null pescho^r..ne mette..en les ewes de Thamise..ascuns rees appelez stalkers..par les quelles le frie..des salmons..purra..pris ou destruit.

1584 Order Conserv. Thames in J. Strype Stow's Surv. London (1720) I. i. ix. 41/2 No Fishermen, Garthmen..or Tynkermen, shall..make any..Stalker Nets, Trynck Nets, Purse Nets, Casting Nets [etc.] Except they be 2 Inches in the Mashe.

1667 London Gaz. No. 183/4 [They] did no more hurt then only by the taking up some few Stawkers or Nets laid for Lobsters.

†2. One who prowls about for purposes of theft.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > who works by stealth

thief688

hole-creeper1462

stalker?a1513

sneak1785

creep1914

snooper1924

a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 205 And lyk twa stalkaris steilis in cokis and hennis. Thow plukkis the pultre and scho pullis of the penis.

3. One who stalks game. In early use only Scottish, one who stalks game illegally, a poacher (cf. sense 1). Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > stalker

stalker1424

still-hunter1831

the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > poacher

stalker1424

poacher1574

black1722

trap-poacher1893

1424 Sc. Acts 2 Jas. I (1814) II. §13. 7 It is ordanyt þat þe Justice clerk sall inquyre of stalkaris þat slais dere..And als sone as ony stalkar may be conuict of slauchter of der he sal pay to þe king xl s.

c1575 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 542 Stalkeris that slayis hart, hind, dae, rae.

1675 J. Smith Christian Relig. Appeal i. 21 Had it [the World] wanted the eye of Theology, a cunning Stalker might possibly have catcht it on its blind side.

1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Suppl. Stalker, a fowler.

1872 Daily News 8 Oct. 3 The assembled stalkers and gillies.

1902 Times 13 Nov. 13/6 Self-denying stalkers..have devoted several seasons to..sparing the better class animals.

a. One who walks with long measured steps.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > stately or affected > one who

stalker1585

high-stepper1819

1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 522 Grallator..a stalker: a goer vpon stilts or crutches.

1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iii. iv. sig. F You, Player, Rogue, Stalker, come back here.

1604 Meeting of Gallants sig. C^v Away he went with himselfe as coragiously, as the best stalker in Europe.

1631 tr. J. A. Comenius Porta Linguarum Reserata xcvi. §944 Grallator... A stalker makes great long strides with scatches or stilts and crowches.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. ix. 240 The stately stalker stalked back.

b. †Used as the name of a bird found in North-West Africa (obsolete). Also in Ornithology, as the rendering of modern Latin Gradatores, an order of birds in certain now disused systems of classification.Macgillivray ( Brit. Birds, 1852) adopted the word as the rendering of Aucupatores (the name of an order in his own system), evidently associating it with sense 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > miscellaneous

night-raveneOE

cold-finch1676

crane1678

diver1694

solitary1708

wheat-bird1747

yellow-bill1775

Chinese thrush1781

whidah thrush1781

tomtit1789

solitaire1797

year-bird1798

softbill1830

swift-shrike1841

scissor bird1843

seed finch1862

sea-flyer1869

stalker1872

seven sisters1873

dicky bird1879

baboon bird1883

1623 R. Jobson Golden Trade 154 The greatest bird or fowle we see, is called a Stalker; who by reason of his long legs and necke, when he stands vpright, is in height taller then a man.

1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 240 The birds stand in wait, or stalk stealthily along; hence they are sometimes called Gradatores (stalkers).

Draft additions 1997

A person who pursues another, esp. as part of an investigation or with criminal intent; spec. one who follows or harasses someone (often a public figure) with whom he or she has become obsessed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [noun] > pursuit > hostile or violent > stalker

stalker1947

1947 A. Ransome Great Northern? v. 72 ‘We must just go on, pretending we don't know we're being stalked...’ ‘And then the stalker will get a bit careless and let himself be seen,’ said Roger.

1971 R. Matheson & J. Rice (title of TV film) The night stalker.

1982 T. Hillerman Dark Wind viii. 46 The watcher would have to make a decision: to follow or not. However he made it, Chee would be able to reverse the roles. He'd become the stalker.

1988 Newsday (N.Y.) 14 Jan. (Nassau ed.) ii. 17/1 The worst place to look for insight into a celebrity stalker..is the celebrity stalker himself.

1993 Guardian 26 June i. 25/6 The former Wimbledon star once found a stalker who had been living undetected in her wardrobe for three days.

1996 Independent 6 Jan. 17/6 For the quarry of a determined stalker, there is no hiding place.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	stalker
释义	stalkern. Brit. /ˈstɔːkə/, U.S. /ˈstɔkər/, /ˈstɑkər/ Etymology: < stalk v.¹ + -er suffix¹. The identity of the word in sense 1 is questionable. †1. A kind of net used by poachers. Also stalker net. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun] > net > other nets stalker1389 pocketc1425 hoop-net1481 hose-net1554 gap-net1727 bag-net1777 hoop1882 skim-neta1884 the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > other nets Peter netc1280 flue1388 wade1388 stalker1389 shove-net1418 trod-net1523 butt1533 web1533 fagnet1558 seur1558 trimnet1558 trollnet1558 pot-net1584 treat net1584 weir-net1585 hagan1630 henbilt1630 rugnet1630 basket-net1652 landing-net1653 stream-net1662 wolf1725 ram's horn1792 gill net1795 wolf-net1819 trap-net1856 forewheel1861 stow-net1871 lave net1875 kettle-bail1881 beating-net1883 keeve-net1883 net basin1883 wing-neta1884 trap-seine1891 lead-net1910 ghost net1959 1389 Act 13 Rich. II Stat. 1. c. 19 §1 Qe null pescho^r..ne mette..en les ewes de Thamise..ascuns rees appelez stalkers..par les quelles le frie..des salmons..purra..pris ou destruit. 1584 Order Conserv. Thames in J. Strype Stow's Surv. London (1720) I. i. ix. 41/2 No Fishermen, Garthmen..or Tynkermen, shall..make any..Stalker Nets, Trynck Nets, Purse Nets, Casting Nets [etc.] Except they be 2 Inches in the Mashe. 1667 London Gaz. No. 183/4 [They] did no more hurt then only by the taking up some few Stawkers or Nets laid for Lobsters. †2. One who prowls about for purposes of theft. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > who works by stealth thief688 hole-creeper1462 stalker?a1513 sneak1785 creep1914 snooper1924 a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 205 And lyk twa stalkaris steilis in cokis and hennis. Thow plukkis the pultre and scho pullis of the penis. 3. One who stalks game. In early use only Scottish, one who stalks game illegally, a poacher (cf. sense 1). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > stalker stalker1424 still-hunter1831 the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > poacher stalker1424 poacher1574 black1722 trap-poacher1893 1424 Sc. Acts 2 Jas. I (1814) II. §13. 7 It is ordanyt þat þe Justice clerk sall inquyre of stalkaris þat slais dere..And als sone as ony stalkar may be conuict of slauchter of der he sal pay to þe king xl s. c1575 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 542 Stalkeris that slayis hart, hind, dae, rae. 1675 J. Smith Christian Relig. Appeal i. 21 Had it [the World] wanted the eye of Theology, a cunning Stalker might possibly have catcht it on its blind side. 1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Suppl. Stalker, a fowler. 1872 Daily News 8 Oct. 3 The assembled stalkers and gillies. 1902 Times 13 Nov. 13/6 Self-denying stalkers..have devoted several seasons to..sparing the better class animals. 4. a. One who walks with long measured steps. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > stately or affected > one who stalker1585 high-stepper1819 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 522 Grallator..a stalker: a goer vpon stilts or crutches. 1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iii. iv. sig. F You, Player, Rogue, Stalker, come back here. View more context for this quotation 1604 Meeting of Gallants sig. C^v Away he went with himselfe as coragiously, as the best stalker in Europe. 1631 tr. J. A. Comenius Porta Linguarum Reserata xcvi. §944 Grallator... A stalker makes great long strides with scatches or stilts and crowches. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. ix. 240 The stately stalker stalked back. b. †Used as the name of a bird found in North-West Africa (obsolete). Also in Ornithology, as the rendering of modern Latin Gradatores, an order of birds in certain now disused systems of classification.Macgillivray ( Brit. Birds, 1852) adopted the word as the rendering of Aucupatores (the name of an order in his own system), evidently associating it with sense 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > miscellaneous night-raveneOE cold-finch1676 crane1678 diver1694 solitary1708 wheat-bird1747 yellow-bill1775 Chinese thrush1781 whidah thrush1781 tomtit1789 solitaire1797 year-bird1798 softbill1830 swift-shrike1841 scissor bird1843 seed finch1862 sea-flyer1869 stalker1872 seven sisters1873 dicky bird1879 baboon bird1883 1623 R. Jobson Golden Trade 154 The greatest bird or fowle we see, is called a Stalker; who by reason of his long legs and necke, when he stands vpright, is in height taller then a man. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 240 The birds stand in wait, or stalk stealthily along; hence they are sometimes called Gradatores (stalkers). Draft additions 1997 A person who pursues another, esp. as part of an investigation or with criminal intent; spec. one who follows or harasses someone (often a public figure) with whom he or she has become obsessed. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [noun] > pursuit > hostile or violent > stalker stalker1947 1947 A. Ransome Great Northern? v. 72 ‘We must just go on, pretending we don't know we're being stalked...’ ‘And then the stalker will get a bit careless and let himself be seen,’ said Roger. 1971 R. Matheson & J. Rice (title of TV film) The night stalker. 1982 T. Hillerman Dark Wind viii. 46 The watcher would have to make a decision: to follow or not. However he made it, Chee would be able to reverse the roles. He'd become the stalker. 1988 Newsday (N.Y.) 14 Jan. (Nassau ed.) ii. 17/1 The worst place to look for insight into a celebrity stalker..is the celebrity stalker himself. 1993 Guardian 26 June i. 25/6 The former Wimbledon star once found a stalker who had been living undetected in her wardrobe for three days. 1996 Independent 6 Jan. 17/6 For the quarry of a determined stalker, there is no hiding place. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1389
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