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hunter definition

hunter (hunt′ər)

noun

  1. a person who hunts
  2. a dog trained for hunting
  3. a horse trained to carry a rider over open country, as in fox hunting
  4. a watch with a hunting case

Etymology: ME huntere

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hunter Synonyms

hunter

n.

  1. A person who hunts

    huntsman, stalker, chaser, sportsman, pursuer, ferreter, big-game hunter, hawker, falconer, beater, gunner, poacher, nimrod, pigsticker, horsewoman, huntress, horseman, archer, deerstalker, pursuant, equestrian, fisher, angler, equestrienne, piscator, fisherman, piscatorian, piscatorialist, toxophile, Waltonian, toxophilite, toxophilist, bowman, shooter; see also trapper.

  2. A dog or horse bred for hunting

    hunting dog, gun dog, hound, hound dog, courser, foxhound, rabbit hound, chaser, steed, equine, garran, stalking horse, hunting horse, mount; see also animal 1, dog 1, horse 1.

    Hunting dogs include: pointer, setter, boarhound, Great Dane, retriever, spaniel, bloodhound, whippet, borzoi, saluki, terrier, foxhound, wolfhound, Rhodesian ridgeback, beagle.


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hunter Usage Examples

Converse of subject

  • shoot: The last one to be seen alive anywhere in the world was shot by a hunter in Morocco in 1920.

Converse of object

  • hunt: When they are hunting divers hunters usually rely on large numbers of decoys to attract the ducks.

Adjective modifier

  • big-game: In the Kruger, happily, big-game hunters are denied their kicks.

Modifies a noun

  • gatherer: Stone Age hunter gatherers in Britain Of the estimated 80 billion people who have ever lived on earth, over 90 % were hunter-gatherers.

Noun used with modifier

  • bounty: The bounty hunter starts to climb off the hood.
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hunter quotes

No horse's cry was that, most like the roar Of some pained desert lion, who all day Hath trailed the hunter's javelin in his side, And comes at night to die upon the sand.

-Arnold, Matthew

Miss Joan Hunter Dunn, Miss Joan Hunter Dunn, I can hear from the car-park the dance has begun. Oh! full Surrey twilight! importunate band! Oh! strongly adorable tennis-girl's hand!

-Betjeman, SirJohn

He was a mighty hunter before the L: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the L.

-Bible (Old Testament)

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