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shadow-stalker

shadow-stalker noun: a monster or other malevolent figure that moves about at night.

Noun

shadow-stalker (plural shadow-stalkers)

  1. A monster or other malevolent figure that moves about at night.
    • In the wan darkness, while the warriors slept, the shadow-stalker drew near from the moorland.1898, Stopford A. Brooke, English literature: From the Beginning to the Norman Conquest, New York: The Macmillan Company, page 73
    • [T]he shadow-stalker will not draw anyone down to the shades unless God wills it.1952, John A. Nist, The Structure and Texture of Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 53

Forms of shadow-stalker

pluralshadow-stalkers

Origin of shadow-stalker

Alliterative literary calque of Old English sceadugenga, from sceadu (“shadow”) + genga (“goer, walker”).

Questions about shadow-stalker

What does shadow-stalker mean?
Shadow-stalker means a monster or other malevolent figure that moves about at night.
What part of speech is shadow-stalker?
Shadow-stalker is a noun.
What is the plural of shadow-stalker?
The plural of shadow-stalker is shadow-stalkers.

Words near shadow-stalker in the dictionary

  1. shadow-bans
  2. shadow-box
  3. shadow-boxed
  4. shadow-boxes
  5. shadow-boxing
  6. shadow-stalker
  7. shadow-stalkers
  8. shadow-taking
  9. shadow-throwing
  10. shadow-vinnie bush
  11. shadowable

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