Tracker Meaning
/ˈtɹækə(ɹ)/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAgent noun of track; one who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game.
nounAgent noun of track; one who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game., A person employed to follow and monitor a political rival.
Sentence Examples
I'm a real good tracker.
Layla was an Aborigine tracker.
Sami is a fugitive tracker from the Toronto police department.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The wildlife biologist used a small device called a ____ to follow the migration of the tagged deer.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He used a fitness ____ to count his steps and monitor his heart rate during his long daily morning runs today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English track Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English tracker From track + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"On Friday night, eight US Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers took off from Altus, Oklahoma, according to data from FlightRadar24. Over Kansas the tankers refueled two groups of planes, identified on air traffic control audio by their callsigns MYTEE11 FLT and MYTEE21 FLT. The callsign MYTEE has previously been associated with special activity flights by B-2 bombers, and multiple flight trackers on social media said the planes being refueled were B-2 bombers out of Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri."
— 2025 June 21, Thomas Bordeaux, Natasha Bertrand and Zachary Cohen, “US moves B-2 bombers as Trump weighs Iran options”, in CNN:
"While she and Mr. Fetterman were often in different places, she would turn up at events early so she could shoot and post photos of the crowds, the lines, the people. At most events there was a tracker: a guy from the Oz team who monitored the goings-on."
— 2022 December 17, Judith Newman, “John Fetterman’s TikTok Whisperer”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 Dec 2022:
"The police picked him up, reared him, and he had been a tracker ever since, except for periodical walk-abouts."
— 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 6:
"Trackers have broken out of the demoscene, are are^([sic]) now in use by thousands of professional musicians. It's not uncommon to hear about people using trackers on DJ forums, and electronic music production communities[…]"
— 2004, dilvie, “new.scene.org”, in alt.music.mods (Usenet):
"Although there were a few game companies outside the Amiga scene that used a tracker format (Epic Mega-Games, for instance), the majority used the better-supported MIDI."
— 2008, Karen Collins, Game sound:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The wildlife biologist used a small device called a ____ to follow the migration of the tagged deer.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He used a fitness ____ to count his steps and monitor his heart rate during his long daily morning runs today.