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prowlers

prowlers is the plural 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

Questions about prowlers

What is prowlers the plural of?
Prowlers is the plural of prowler.

Words near prowlers in the dictionary

  1. prowl
  2. prowl car
  3. prowl cars
  4. prowled
  5. prowler
  6. prowlers
  7. prowlike
  8. prowlin'
  9. prowling
  10. prowlingly
  11. prowlings

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