tracker
- noun
- /ˈtrækər/
- They're good trackers, those Japanese.
You're learning the signs, the sounds, and as your knowledge as a tracker deepens, it's like you're being let into another level.
- You're learning the signs, the sounds, and as your knowledge as a tracker deepens, it's like you're being let into another level.
- So in a, in a team of five, you would have two, two people on security, we would have two trackers and one commander.
Examples
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He's the world's greatest tracker.
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You're not exactly an experienced tracker.
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A good Indian tracker can read a trail across solid rock.
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He's probably the best tracker in the world.
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Years ago they did a study on native trackers.
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Nynaeve prided herself on being as good a tracker as any man.
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You're learning the signs, the sounds, and as your knowledge as a tracker deepens, it's like you're being let into another level.
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The expert tracker followed the fresh footprints to find the lost hiker.
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Many skilled trackers can identify the markings left by various animals in the wild.
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As a trained tracker, she could tell which direction the deer had gone by observing the broken twigs.
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Etymology
Tracker comes from the word track, which means 'path' or 'footprint'. A tracker reads the marks on the ground and follows the path, so the origin explains why a tracker is someone who finds animals or people by following signs.