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wolver

American  
[wool-ver] / ˈwʊl vər /

noun

  1. a person who hunts for wolves.


wolver British  
/ ˈwʊlvə /

noun

  1. a person who hunts wolves

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of wolver

First recorded in 1585–95; see origin at wolf, -er 1

Example Sentences

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A cottonwood stump not far from where it plunged to the gravelly stream was marked with Wolf signs that told the wolver of its use.

From Animal Heroes by Ernest Thompson Seton

Every wolver knows, of course, that his business naturally drops into several well-marked periods.

From Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted by Ernest Thompson Seton

He had been a wolver for years, and greatly surprised me by saying that "never in all his experience had he known a Gray-wolf to attack a human being."

From Animal Heroes by Ernest Thompson Seton

A signal mirror called the wolver from his camp.

From Animal Heroes by Ernest Thompson Seton

He was now installed as wolver to the Broadarrow outfit.

From Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted by Ernest Thompson Seton

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