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STALKING-HORSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("stalking-horse" is a kind of...):
Equus caballus; horse (solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("stalking-horse" is a kind of...):
concealment; cover; covert; screen (a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
Synonyms:
pretext; stalking-horse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("stalking-horse" is a kind of...):
dissembling; feigning; pretence; pretense (pretending with intention to deceive)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stalking-horse"):
putoff (a pretext for delay or inaction)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("stalking-horse" is a kind of...):
campaigner; candidate; nominee (a politician who is running for public office)
