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Noun: stalking-horse  'sto-king,hors
  1. A candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate
     
  2. Something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
    - pretext
     
  3. Screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
     
  4. A horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game

Derived forms: stalking-horses

Type of: campaigner, candidate, concealment, cover, covert, dissembling, Equus caballus, feigning, horse, nominee, pretence [Brit, Cdn], pretense [N. Amer], screen

Encyclopedia: Stalking-horse