Meaning

2 senses
  1. One who roves about for prey; one who prowls.

    Herumtreiber

    someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions

  2. A person who moves stealthily around a place with intention to commit a crime, especially burglary or theft.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. I set a trap for the prowler.

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  2. When darkness falls, the baboons return to the trees to sleep, safe from night prowlers.

    deWenn es dunkel wird, kehren die Paviane zum Schlafen auf die Bäume zurück, wo sie sicher vor nächtlichen Jägern sind.

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Translations

1 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who prowls:

Origin

From prowl + -er.

From prowl + -er.

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Forms

plural: prowlers
Singularprowler
Pluralprowlers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions:sneakstalker

Word family

1 related words
Relatedprowl

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
prowler — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto