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noun
Tracker  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game. "And of the trackers of the deer Scarce half the lessening pack was near."
2.
(Mus.) In the organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a key and a pallet, to communicate motion by pulling.






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"Tracker" Quotes from Famous Books



... 'November' 23.—Sambo, the best tracker among the black-boys, was despatched at sunrise, with Peter, to look for the missing horses. He returned at sundown with the mule, which he had found on the opposite side of the river, but he had seen no traces of the rest. Peter came in after dark, ...
— The Overland Expedition of The Messrs. Jardine • Frank Jardine and Alexander Jardine

... that Tracker, that's the teamster you came up with from Hardy, would try the ford and we went up there that day to tell him not to go in because a part of the ford ledge had broken off and we feared he hadn't heard ...
— The High Calling • Charles M. Sheldon

... of the cleverest officers in the Indian police; he was a few years over thirty, a dark-complexioned man of medium height, very agile and powerful, and was known to the Salt Range natives as Koj (tracker) Burton Sahib, owing to his smartness in following up ...
— Adventures in Many Lands • Various

... The boy, clever tracker as a red Indian or Australian trailer, soon found the path his brother and Lightfoot had taken and joined them. As he listened to what they were saying he was glad he had been sent to follow them. They were hastening toward the valley. ...
— The Story of Ab - A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man • Stanley Waterloo

... on the 23d of December, with our party complete. The Hamran sword-hunters were Abou Do, Jali, and Suleiman. My chief tracker was Taher Noor, who, although a good hunter, was not a professional aggahr, and I was accompanied by the father of Abou Do, who was a renowned "howarti," or harpooner of hippopotami. This magnificent old man might have been Neptune ...
— The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia • Samuel W. Baker

... off his blanket and, picking up a Marlin rifle, which was their only weapon, strode out of camp; and as he was a good shot and tracker they let him go. It was getting dark when he left the shelter of the trees, and the cold in the open struck through him like a knife. The moon had not yet risen and the waste stretched away before him, its whiteness changed to a soft blue-gray. ...
— The Intriguers • Harold Bindloss

... daylight with impatience, and at the first glimmer of dawn we set out to hunt him down. I took a native tracker with me, so that I was free to keep a good look-out, while Mahina followed immediately behind with a Martini carbine. Splashes of blood being plentiful, we were able to get along quickly; and we had not proceeded more than a quarter of a mile ...
— The Man-eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures • J. H. Patterson

... before he had decided upon his line of action. As Finn flung the furry corpse aside, Desdemona appeared in the mouth of the cave with most of the stolen rabbit between her jaws. It was noteworthy that she gave no heed at all to the fox. Her business as a tracker had been with her mate's stolen kill. In the absence of Finn, Reynard would have paid no other penalty for his theft than the loss of the rabbit. As it was, the incident cost him his life; and he was a master fox, too, who had ranged that ...
— Jan - A Dog and a Romance • A. J. Dawson

... bison is a harmless animal, but this of course is only when you keep away from it, and a wounded bison should be approached and tracked up with caution, and in no case should a single tracker follow up a wounded bull. He should always have a companion to keep a general look out in case of the bull suddenly charging the tracker when he is busy following the trail. On one occasion a manager of mine went out shooting, wounded a bull, and then went round to a point to cut him off, ...
— Gold, Sport, And Coffee Planting In Mysore • Robert H. Elliot



Words linked to "Tracker" :   hunter, huntsman



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