wolver

American  

[wool-ver] / ˈwʊl vər /

noun

1. a person who hunts for wolves.

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wolver British  

/ ˈwʊlvə /

noun

1. a person who hunts wolves

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Etymology

Origin of wolver

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

Example Sentences

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

The wolver, with a load of the strongest steel traps, had begun his autumn work on the 'Cottonwood.'

From Animal Heroes by Seton, Ernest Thompson

It was nearly sunrise before the wolver awoke.

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

It was the wolver that thought to turn the carcass of the Calf to profit, but he was disappointed in getting Coyotes instead of Wolves.

From Animal Heroes by Seton, Ernest Thompson

Away back in the spring of '92 a wolver was "wolving" on the east side of the Sentinel Mountain that so long was a principal landmark of the old Plainsmen.

From Animal Heroes by Seton, Ernest Thompson