stalkers

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.
   • If the stalker thriller “Obsessed,” which opens on Friday, tops the box office, Clinton R. Culpepper will cement his reputation as Hollywood’s king of the schlockbuster.2009 April 22, Michael Cieply, “He’s Behind the Guffaws and the Gore”, in The New York Times

   Synonyms:

   prowler

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.
6. A horse that tends to stay just behind the leaders in a race.
   • If the class of the field is a stalker, I'm all in in terms of evaluating his chances.2024, Jack Adler, Horse Racing: An Opinion: A New Way of Seeing the Sport of Kings