hunter
noun
a person who hunts game or other wild animals for food or in sport.
hunters
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pluralof hunter.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Janet Garrison, a dirt-bike-riding grandmother who taught information technology at the local community college, downloaded an app used by hunters to map the plots being acquired.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Working with the NCF for the past six years, Igwe has mobilised community leaders, local groups and security teams to protect the birds from outside hunters, with local bylaws now helping to formalise their protection.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
“What’s especially notable is how financially prepared these buyers are,” Hannah Jones, a senior economist at Realtor.com, said in a statement of house hunters in the hot ZIP codes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Sleepy villages that would normally never feature in a typical tourist itinerary have suddenly found themselves inundated with eclipse hunters from around the world.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Worsley manned the crow’s-nest with binoculars, a megaphone, and a flag, searching the ice pack for seals and then shouting and pointing out the seals to the hunters.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
