different between pursuer vs stalker

English

Etymology

pursue +? -er

Noun

pursuer (plural pursuers)

1. One who pursues.
2. (Scotland, law) The party who initiates a lawsuit; a plaintiff.
   • 1809, Faculty of Advocates (Scotland), Decisions of the Court of Sessions, from 1752 to 1808 (page 216)

     On his area the pursuer built a dwelling-house, of which the gable and garden-wall were mutual with his neighbour Smith […]

Translations

Anagrams

• usurper

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??k?(?)
• Homophone: stocker (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Noun

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

Anagrams

• talkers

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English stalker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?stalk?r]
• Hyphenation: stal?ker

Noun

stalker m anim

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

Declension

Further reading

• stalker in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• stalker in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English stalker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?l.k?r/
• Hyphenation: stal?ker

Noun

stalker m (plural stalkers, diminutive stalkertje n)

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

Related terms

• stalken
• stalking