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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

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A month or so later the survivors have learned how to take care of themselves, but in the early summer the wolver knows that there are dens full of little ones all through the hills.

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

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 Seton, Ernest Thompson

Of course the wolver could see nothing of the Coyote, for the shades were falling.

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

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 Seton, Ernest Thompson

The wolver had seen them once—a Yellow Wolf followed by another, whose long, awkward legs, big, soft feet, thin neck, and skimpy tail proclaimed him this year's Cub.

From Animal Heroes by Seton, Ernest Thompson

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