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prouler

prouler is the obsolete form of prowler.

Meaning of prowler

Noun

prowler (plural prowlers)

  1. One who roves about for prey; one who prowls.
    • House Prees and Bloods […] were everywhere to be seen in earnest colloquy. For the matter was, that there was some sort of night-prowler about the school grounds.1922, Michael Arlen, “1/1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days
  2. A person who moves stealthily around a place with intention to commit a crime, especially burglary or theft.
    • Discourage nighttime prowlers by installing motion-sensitive lights.2008 January 11, “What to put between you and burglars”, in CNN

Forms of prouler

pluralproulers

Questions about prouler

What is prouler the obsolete form of?
Prouler is the obsolete form of prowler.

Words near prouler in the dictionary

  1. prouide
  2. prouision
  3. prouisions
  4. proul
  5. prouled
  6. prouler
  7. proulers
  8. prouling
  9. prouls
  10. Proulx
  11. prounion

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