hunter
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a person who hunts game or other wild animals for food or in sport.
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a person who searches for or seeks something.
a fortune hunter.
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a horse specially trained for quietness, stamina, and jumping ability in hunting.
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an animal, as a dog, trained to hunt game.
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Astronomy. Hunter, the constellation Orion.
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Also called hunting watch. a watch with a hunting case.
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John, 1728–93, Scottish surgeon, physiologist, and biologist.
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Robert Mercer Taliaferro 1809–87, U.S. political leader: Speaker of the House 1839–41.
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a male given name.
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Female equivalent: huntress. a person or animal that seeks out and kills or captures game
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a person who looks diligently for something
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( in combination )
a fortune-hunter
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a specially bred horse used in hunting, usually characterized by strength and stamina
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a specially bred dog used to hunt game
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Also called: hunting watch. a watch with a hinged metal lid or case ( hunting case ) to protect the crystal See also half-hunter
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John. 1728–93, British physician, noted for his investigation of venereal and other diseases
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his brother, William. 1718–83, British anatomist and obstetrician
Other Word Forms
- hunterlike adjective
Etymology
Origin of hunter
First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English huntere; hunt, -er 1
Example Sentences
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And after resolving a plagiarism dispute that delayed its release last year, the French-language thriller “The Hunt,” about a deadly encounter between two groups of hunters, is finally landing on March 4.
From MarketWatch
The front bar invariably buzzes with locals looking for an after-work bite, hunters and hikers emerging from the Cumberland Plateau and even city folk who make the 1½-hour drive in search of connection.
Falling rates may bring some house hunters out in the coming weeks, especially as the spring homebuying season begins.
In April, a group of Inuit hunters encountered the battered Advance and its sickly crew.
From Literature
House hunters have long become used to seeing mortgage rates starting with a 6.
From Barron's
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