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Noun stalking-horse has 4 senses

stalking-horse - a candidate put forward to divide the opposition or to mask the true candidate
--₁ is a kind of campaigner, candidate, nominee
pretext, stalking-horse - something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
--₂ is a kind of pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling
--₂ has particulars: putoff
stalking-horse - screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
--₃ is a kind of screen, cover, covert, concealment
stalking-horse - a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
--₄ is a kind of horse, Equus caballus