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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
prowler
noun
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Prowler fears: Police were called after a prowler was spotted near the army married quarters in Ripon.
▪ Across the rooftops, a lone cop prowler was the only thing moving on the cold expanse of the Grand Canal.
▪ Capitol police bolted and locked all the windows, in case a prowler was coming in after everyone had left: no luck.
▪ Chapel can't remember the exact sequence of events, but he reckons that the prowler might well have been Saunders.
▪ It could be Fenella returning home - or it could be a nocturnal prowler.
▪ It was not a place that unexpected prowlers would ever escape from.
▪ It was reported that she disturbed the prowler when she arrived back unexpectedly at her family's Melbourne home.
▪ The boy managed to struggle free and ran off unharmed ... the prowler escaped.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prowler

Prowler \Prowl"er\, n. One that prowls.
--Thomson.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
prowler

1510s, proller, agent noun from prowl (v.).

Wiktionary
prowler

n. One who roves about for prey; one who prowls.

WordNet
prowler

n. someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions [syn: sneak, stalker]

Wikipedia
Prowler (comics)

The Prowler is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee, John Buscema and Jim Mooney, Prowler made his first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #78. While several other characters have also taken up the character's identity, the first version developed a high-tech battle suit in order to start a life of crime until Spider-Man convinces him to turn his life around.

Prowler (song)
  1. redirect Iron Maiden (album)

Category:Iron Maiden songs Category:1980 singles Category:Songs written by Steve Harris (musician)

Prowler

Prowler may refer to:

  • "Prowler", a song by Iron Maiden from Iron Maiden, 1980
  • Prowler (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero
  • Prowler (Eclipse Comics), a superhero comic published by Eclipse Comics
  • The Prowler (1951 film), a film starring Van Heflin
  • The Prowler (1966 film), an episode of the Australian anthology TV series Australian Playhouse
  • The Prowler (1981 film), a film starring Laurence Tierney and Farley Granger
  • Prowler (roller coaster), a wooden roller coaster at Worlds of Fun
  • Prowler (Farscape), a type of fictional spacecraft in Farscape
  • Plymouth Prowler, an automobile
  • Concept Prowler, an ultralight aircraft
  • Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler, an electronic warfare aircraft
  • PROWLER, a 1980s experimental sentry robot
  • Prowler, a member of the Predator monster truck team
  • Prowler (satellite), an American reconnaissance satellite
Prowler (roller coaster)

Prowler is a wooden roller coaster at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri. It was built by Great Coasters International and opened May 2, 2009 at an estimated cost of 8 million USD.

Prowler (Eclipse Comics)

The Prowler was a comic created by Timothy Truman and John K. Snyder III for Eclipse Comics.

Two four-issue color miniseries, a black and white one-shot and a one-shot crossover with Airboy were published in 1987-1988. The comic concerned a manipulative elderly hero, in the manner of The Shadow, and his much younger sidekick/protégé.

Category:Eclipse Comics titles

Prowler (satellite)

Prowler was an American reconnaissance satellite launched aboard in 1990 in order to study Soviet satellites in geosynchronous orbit. The government of the United States has never acknowledged its existence, however it has been identified by amateur observers and through leaked information.

Usage examples of "prowler".

Tanzer wondered if the others were simply deferring, in almost human fashion, to the Prowler who had provided their lair, or if they sensed the same thing in Carver that he did.

The guy was staring in horror at the Prowler, which was now loping along the train platform toward them.

He glanced behind him for the cops, and for the female Prowler that had been at the theater.

A twenty-something couple coming up behind the Prowler stopped short before taking off in the other direction.

The thinner Prowler, who had looked like a celebrity in his human face, lunged at Jack and batted the gun out of his hand.

Bill brought up the shotgun and blew a hole in the chest of the Prowler standing on the bar.

He snapped it up in his right hand and turned to see the Prowler slash out at Molly.

He leveled the Beretta and pumped four rounds into the Prowler as it turned toward Molly again.

As the bartender focused on Courtney, the Prowler on the floor surged up at him.

On the floor in front of him, the defeated Prowler had not moved, but his feral yellow eyes watched with great interest and cunning as the scene unfolded.

The Prowler jittered, dancing like a flag buffeted by strong wind, as bullets tore through its flesh.

They were already going in scattered groups, accompanied by prowler guards, but there was no organization and it would be too long before the last of them were safely in the new camp.

The prowler skin lashings held but the canvas and blankets were ripped into streamers that cracked like rifle shots in the wind before they were torn completely loose and flung into the night.

These would be set in sockets in the top rail and tied down with strips of prowler skin.

A party of boys, protected by the usual prowler guards, was sent out to climb the trees and recover it.