Shadow-stalker

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A monster or other malevolent figure that moves about at night.

    "In the wan darkness, while the warriors slept, the shadow-stalker drew near from the moorland."

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"In the wan darkness, while the warriors slept, the shadow-stalker drew near from the moorland."

Etymology

Alliterative literary calque of Old English sceadugenga, from sceadu (“shadow”) + genga (“goer, walker”).

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