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tracker

tracker

35 5.0
A person who follows tracks to find animals or people
  • noun
  • /ˈtrækər/
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  • 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.

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Examples

  • He's the world's greatest tracker.

  • You're not exactly an experienced tracker.

  • A good Indian tracker can read a trail across solid rock.

  • He's probably the best tracker in the world.

  • Years ago they did a study on native trackers.

  • Nynaeve prided herself on being as good a tracker as any man.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • 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.

  • The expert tracker followed the fresh footprints to find the lost hiker.

  • Many skilled trackers can identify the markings left by various animals in the wild.

  • As a trained tracker, she could tell which direction the deer had gone by observing the broken twigs.

Synonyms

tracer
vstracker
8 6.8

A person who finds missing people or stolen goods

focuses on following physical signs outdoors, especially for hunting
stalker
vstracker
4 6.5

A person who quietly follows animals to hunt them

follows by reading signs and trails rather than close silent pursuit

Compounds

inch tracker
  • Neologism
7.2

A tool that shows small progress over time to keep you motivated

How Stealthy

stalker
4 6.5
ambusher
1 6.9
tracker
35 5.0
hunter
411 1.0

Surface Forms

tracker singular
trackers plural

Morphology

tracker = track (transparent) = track + er

Standard agent/instrument nominalization: 'track' (to follow or monitor) plus '-er' yields a person who follows.

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.