Etymology

stalker

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Today it means: A person who engages in stalking, i.e., quietly approaching animals to be hunted; a tracker or guide in hunting game. Full definition →

Middle English stalkere
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromstalkere
  2. English todaystalker

From Middle English stalkere, equivalent to stalk + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.