fox hunter
- a word derived from fox hunting.
- a word derived from fox-hunting.
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A senior fox hunter has been found guilty of encouraging and assisting people to evade the ban on fox hunting.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2021
Roberts was a prominent member of the Oxford community: He enjoyed a reputation as a crack fox hunter, he played fiddle at local celebrations and he was white.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2018
An avid fox hunter, he showed up sporting jodhpurs and brandishing a quirt.
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2015
Winston Churchill recently called him "a gentleman, a fox hunter, a friend."
From Time Magazine Archive
The seasoned soldier could have told some things; he could have distinguished calibre from calibre as readily as the skillful fox hunter knows the position of his racing hounds by the quality of their voices.
From Where the Souls of Men are Calling by Neill, John R. (John Rea)
Bold as he was in many things, the fox-hunter was timid as to that sort of celebrity.
From The Road to Paris by Stephens, Robert Neilson
With such preparations, an English baronet and his wife, Lord Fairfax, the wealthy fox-hunter, provincial governors and generals, or the ordinary farmer, could all be accommodated on the Mount Vernon estate.
From From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services by Thayer, William M. (William Makepeace)
To produce a finished fox-hunter, I would have him commence his studies in Devonshire, and finish his practice in Northamptonshire.
From A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid by Rarey, J. S. (John Solomon)
The fox-hunter was my old acquaintance, Mr. Bevan, the dragoon, and he had actually recognized me under my sunburn and buckskins.
From Cardigan by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Pink Petty, the famous fox-hunter with the silver-mounted horn; Capt.
From The Southern Soldier Boy A Thousand Shots for the Confederacy by Elliott, James Carson
