stalking-horse
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate
Types & categories
- campaigner hypernym
Sense 2 noun
something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
Types & categories
- dissembling hypernym
- putoff hyponym
Sense 3 noun
screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
Types & categories
- cover hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
Types & categories
- horse hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | campaigner |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | dissembling |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | putoff |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cover |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | horse |