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BNC: 35270 COCA: 27059

prowler

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
prowler /ˈprawlɚ/ noun
plural prowlers
prowler
/ˈprawlɚ/
noun
plural prowlers
Learner's definition of PROWLER
[count]
: a person who moves through an area in a quiet way in order to commit a crime偷偷摸摸图谋不轨的人
: an animal that moves through an area while hunting or searching for food觅食(或猎食)的动物
BNC: 35270 COCA: 27059

prowler

noun

prowl·​er ˈprau̇-lər How to pronounce prowler (audio)
plural prowlers
: a person or animal that prowls
Within a few million years of this major turning point in Earth history, the seas were swarming with myriad forms of life, swimmers, prowlers, sedentary beasts, and burrowers. Roger Lewin
especially : a person who moves through an area or place in a quiet and stealthy way in order to commit a crime
There were reports of a prowler in the neighborhood.
He felt uneasy being out there by himself. No one ever walked in Linden Hills, and he didn't want to be mistaken for a prowler. Gloria Naylor
… she kills him with a shotgun, claiming that in the dark she mistook him for a prowler. Lawrence Eisenberg

Word History

First Known Use

1519, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of prowler was in 1519
BNC: 35270 COCA: 27059

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