Meaning of stalko | Babel Free

Definitions

A poor person who pretends to be of grand ancestry.

obsolete

Examples

“Soft Simon had reduced himself to the lowest class of Stalkos, or walking gentlemen, as they are termed; men who have nothing to do, and no fortune to support them, but who style themselves esquire; and who […] are jealous of that title, and of their claims to family antiquity.”

CEFR level