prowler

English

Etymology

prowl +‎ -er

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹaʊlɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹaʊlə/
Rhymes: -aʊlə(ɹ)

Noun

prowler (plural prowlers)

One who roves about for prey; one who prowls.
- 1922, Michael Arlen, “1/1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days‎:
  House Prees and Bloods […] were everywhere to be seen in earnest colloquy. For the matter was, that there was some sort of night-prowler about the school grounds.

Translations

one who prowls

German: Herumtreiber (de) m
Swedish: strykare (sv) c

References

“prowler”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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