hunter-gatherer

[ huhn-ter-gath-er-er ]

/ ˈhʌn tərˈgæð ər ər /

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noun Anthropology.

a member of a group of people who subsist by hunting, fishing, or foraging in the wild.

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Words nearby hunter-gatherer

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How to use hunter-gatherer in a sentence

His surprise marriage to theater director Sophie Hunter may have broken hearts, but the squeals of delight were even louder.
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In 1987, The Deer Hunter was hailed at the Moscow Film Festival as an important portrayal of the horrors of war.
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A bounty hunter told AFP that the suspected Texan could very well be Everett Livvix of Robinson, Illinois.
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In it, Kraven the Hunter tracks down Spider-Man, shoots him repeatedly, and leaves him for dead, buried underground.
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In 1970, Hunter S. Thompson was dispatched to report on a motorcycle race in Las Vegas.
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G was a gamester, who had but ill-luck; H was a Hunter, who hunted a buck.
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A very interesting way of studying Ferns is that of collecting the fronds of the species which the hunter may come across.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
An old weather-beaten bear-hunter stepped forward, squirting out his tobacco juice with all imaginable deliberation.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Hunter-Weston despite his heavy losses will be advancing to-morrow which should divert pressure from you.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Bright-coloured birds flew about among the bushes, but they had no songs for Alila and the hunter as they passed along.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade

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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