[f. TRACK v.1 + -ER1.] One who or that which tracks; one skilled in following a track or trail. In quot. a. 1632, one who follows or walks in a path (obs.).
Black tracker, an Australian native employed by the government to track criminals.
1617. Carte Papers, LXII. 438. If anie knowne Trackers bee vppon the track, the same tracker vppon reasonable hire of the seuerall tounes, shall followe the track vnto the end.
a. 1632. G. Herbert, Country Parson, xi. (1652), 51. The Country Parson, who is a diligent observer, and tracker of Gods wayes.
1640. Brome, Sparagus Gard., III. iv. He … followes pretty feet and insteps like a hare tracker.
1810. Scott, Lady of L., I. iv. The trackers of the deer.
1862. Melbourne Leader, 5 July. The black trackers could only discover the tracks of six horsemen.
1904. Blackw. Mag., Nov., 674/2. The bloodhound is a wonderful tracker.
