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wolver

American  
[wool-ver] / ˈwʊl vər /

noun

  1. a person who hunts for wolves.


wolver British  
/ ˈwʊlvə /

noun

  1. a person who hunts wolves

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of wolver

First recorded in 1585–95; see origin at wolf, -er 1

Example Sentences

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Of course the wolver could see nothing of the Coyote, for the shades were falling.

From Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted by Seton, Ernest Thompson

The wolver read the trail and the signs about, and remembering those he had read before, he divined that this was the Wolf with the great Cub—the She-wolf of Sentinel Butte.

From Animal Heroes by Seton, Ernest Thompson

He had been a wolver for years, and greatly surprised me by saying that "never in all his experience had he known a Gray-wolf to attack a human being."

From Animal Heroes by Seton, Ernest Thompson

How the wolver raved to see the pack lead off in the climax of the chase, and himself held up behind.

From Animal Heroes by Seton, Ernest Thompson

Every wolver knows, of course, that his business naturally drops into several well-marked periods.

From Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted by Seton, Ernest Thompson

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