STALKING-HORSE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
   Hypernyms(s) stalking-horse is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • horse (what does horse mean?)
   • Equus caballus (what does Equus caballus mean?)
2. Meaning
   • screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
   Hypernyms(s) stalking-horse is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • screen (what does screen mean?)
   • cover (what does cover mean?)
   • covert (what does covert mean?)
   • concealment (what does concealment mean?)
3. Meaning
   • something serving to conceal plans
   • a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
   Synonym(s)
   • pretext (what does pretext mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) stalking-horse is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • pretense (what does pretense mean?)
   • pretence (what does pretence mean?)
   • feigning (what does feigning mean?)
   • dissembling (what does dissembling mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • putoff (what does putoff mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a candidate put forward to divide the opposition or to mask the true candidate
   Hypernyms(s) stalking-horse is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • campaigner (what does campaigner mean?)
   • candidate (what does candidate mean?)
   • nominee (what does nominee mean?)