hunter

¹

[huhn-ter]

noun

1. a person who hunts game or other wild animals for food or in sport.

2. a person who searches for or seeks something.

   a fortune hunter.

3. a horse specially trained for quietness, stamina, and jumping ability in hunting.

4. an animal, as a dog, trained to hunt game.

5. Astronomy.,  Hunter, the constellation Orion.

6. Also called hunting watch. a watch with a hunting case.

7. hunter green.

Hunter

²

[huhn-ter]

noun

1. John, 1728–93, Scottish surgeon, physiologist, and biologist.

2. Robert Mercer Taliaferro 1809–87, U.S. political leader: Speaker of the House 1839–41.

3. a male given name.

hunter

¹

/ ˈhʌntə /

noun

1. Female equivalent: huntress. a person or animal that seeks out and kills or captures game

2. 1. a person who looks diligently for something

   2. ( in combination )

      a fortune-hunter

3. a specially bred horse used in hunting, usually characterized by strength and stamina

4. a specially bred dog used to hunt game

5. Also called: hunting watch. a watch with a hinged metal lid or case ( hunting case ) to protect the crystal See also half-hunter

Hunter

²

/ ˈhʌntə /

noun

1. John. 1728–93, British physician, noted for his investigation of venereal and other diseases

2. his brother, William. 1718–83, British anatomist and obstetrician

Other Word Forms

• hunterlike adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hunter¹

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English huntere; hunt, -er ¹

Example Sentences

First discovered by a prolific fossil hunter at Golden Cap in Dorset in 2001 the new ichthyosaur was then acquired by a museum in Canada.

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Mr Phillips was known as an experienced hunter and bushman who knew the area he disappeared into well.

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This month, the California Island Conservancy announced a plan to rid the landscape of its entire nonnative deer population using contracted hunters, saying the animals increase the risk of wildfire.

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Ken Sanders is something of a folk hero in the antiquarian world: a notorious book-thief hunter, founding member of Earth First!

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Local hunters were called in and brought hounds, which began trailing the bear, and chased it up a tree shortly afterward.

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