stalker

Plural: stalkers

Noun

• One who pursues stealthily or harassingly; a persistent follower.
• someone who walks with long stiff strides
• someone who stalks game
• someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions
• A person who engages in stalking, i.e., quietly approaching animals to be hunted; a tracker or guide in hunting game.
• A person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions.
• Any of various devices for removing the stalk from plants during harvesting.
• Any bird that walks with a stalking motion.
• A kind of fishing net.
• A horse that tends to stay just behind the leaders in a race.

Examples

• He was a Scrabble stalker, always anticipating and blocking his opponent’s moves.

Synonyms

prowler, sneak, tracker