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What is a lurker?

What is a lurker? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Agent noun of lurk; one who lurks.
    1. (Internet) A user who observes a community rather than participating; someone who reads or takes advantage of content on a website, newsgroup, etc. but does not contribute.
  2. (archaic, Britain, dialect) A small fishing-boat.
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One of the sawing claws opened and closed, separating the head of the lurker from its body.
Go thou to thy charge among the piles of the fuel, and see that no lurker remaineth to do injury.
Among friends, she'll joke about the dread she feels when she spots a fervent lurker at one of her readings.
I gave her the address considering that she'd probably become another lurker, and that we'd probably see each other around at parties and make small talk, nothing more.
He rolled the body to the river's edge, bound the limbs with shoe laces, stuffed rocks in the pockets, and watched his longtime lurker sink.
At that moment she could not have spurred her pony had the lurker in the brush sprung forth into her path!

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