hunter-gatherer

hunt·er-gath·er·er

Anthrop. a member of a culture that supplies its food by hunting game and gathering berries, roots, etc. rather than by raising crops or livestock

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hunter-gatherer

noun

A member of a people subsisting in the wild on food obtained by hunting and foraging.

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Noun

(plural hunter-gatherers)

A member of a group of people who live by hunting animals and gathering edible plants for their main food sources, and who do not keep animals or farm land.

Origin

hunter + gatherer

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