See more synonyms for hunter on Thesaurus.com- a person who hunts game or other wild animals for food or in sport.
- a person who searches for or seeks something: a fortune hunter.
- a horse specially trained for quietness, stamina, and jumping ability in hunting.
- an animal, as a dog, trained to hunt game.
- (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Orion.
- Also called hunting watch. a watch with a hunting case.
- hunter green.
Origin of hunter
First recorded in
1200–50, hunter is from the
Middle English word
huntere. See
hunt,
-er1- John,1728–93, Scottish surgeon, physiologist, and biologist.
- Robert Mer·cer Tal·ia·ferro [mur-ser tol-uh-ver] /ˈmɜr sər ˈtɒl ə vər/, 1809–87, U.S. political leader: Speaker of the House 1839–41.
- a male given name.
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Related Words for hunter
hawker,
deerstalker,
huntsman,
sportsman,
trapper,
falconer,
fisherman,
stalker,
chaser,
huntress,
pursuer,
hound,
courser,
foxhound,
pursuant
Examples from the Web for hunter
Contemporary Examples of hunter
In it, Kraven the Hunter tracks down Spider-Man, shoots him repeatedly, and leaves him for dead, buried underground.
In 1970, Hunter S. Thompson was dispatched to report on a motorcycle race in Las Vegas.
Cumberbatch and Hunter have assiduously avoided being identified as celebrity couple until now.
By 2010, Hunter was directing a well received revival of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts at Access Theatre on Broadway.
McConnell had seen the sign, Hunter told me, and “he loves it!”
Historical Examples of hunter
If the hunter fires then, over the horn, he will strike the beast's backbone.
But, madam, were you not saying something to me about Miss Hunter?
Miss Hunter applied her glass to her eye, but could not make out who it was.
One lion is pouncing upon a hunter, but his friends are coming to help him.
He was the warrior and hunter, and she did most of the labor, in both the house and the field.
British Dictionary definitions for hunter- a person or animal that seeks out and kills or captures gameFemale equivalent: huntress (ˈhʌntrɪs)
- a person who looks diligently for something
- (in combination)a fortune-hunter
- a specially bred horse used in hunting, usually characterized by strength and stamina
- a specially bred dog used to hunt game
- Also called: hunting watch a watch with a hinged metal lid or case (hunting case) to protect the crystalSee also half-hunter
- John. 1728–93, British physician, noted for his investigation of venereal and other diseases
- his brother, William. 1718–83, British anatomist and obstetrician
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Word Origin and History for huntermid-13c. (attested in place names from late 12c.), from hunt + -er (1). The Old English word was hunta.
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Hunter
[hŭn′tər]John 1728-1793
- British surgeon who founded pathological anatomy in England.
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