hunter-gatherer
[ huhn-ter-gath-er-er ]
/ ˈhʌn tərˈgæð ər ər /
noun Anthropology.
a member of a group of people who subsist by hunting, fishing, or foraging in the wild.
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Example sentences from the Web for hunter-gatherer
Should we live like our hunter-gatherer forebears, run barefoot and eat nothing but meat, nuts, and fruit?
British Dictionary definitions for hunter-gatherer
hunter-gatherer
/ anthropol /
adjective
(of a society, lifestyle, etc) surviving by hunting animals and gathering plants for subsistence
noun
a member of such a society
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