deerstalker

noun

deer·​stalk·​er ˈdir-ˌstȯ-kər 

: a close-fitting hat with a visor at the front and the back and with earflaps that may be worn up or down

called also deerstalker cap, deerstalker hat

Illustration of deerstalker

Examples of deerstalker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The frogs wear white deerstalker hats, like baseball caps with brims facing both ways, tied under their bulbous chins and embroidered with Frog Club’s name and address. —Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 16 June 2024

Has the deerstalker fallen out of fashion? —New York Times, 6 July 2022

Robinet first came to Knoydart in 1997 as a deerstalker. —Oliver Smith, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2020

So sit back, enjoy the performances, put on your best Sherlock Holmesian deerstalkers, and attempt to guess the celebrities behind the masks of this week’s contestants. —Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2019

The Wolf and Bear Pub (with a deerstalker-wearing grizzly) soon followed. —Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 20 Apr. 2018

The job is more Sherlock Holmes than Scooby Doo—and Alperovitch has everything but the deerstalker cap. —Robert Hackett, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2017

So why not throw on a deerstalker hat, light up a handy meerschaum pipe, and do our best impression of the great detective himself in order to get to the bottom of this case? —Joanna Robinson, VanityFair.com, 5 Jan. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for deerstalker

• blocker
• chalker
• cocker
• docker
• hawker
• hocker
• knocker
• locker
• mocker
• ocher
• rocker
• shocker