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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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The wolver read the trail and the signs about, and remembering those he had read before, he divined that this was the Wolf with the great Cub—the She-wolf of Sentinel Butte.

From Animal Heroes by Ernest Thompson Seton

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

A signal mirror called the wolver from his camp.

From Animal Heroes by Ernest Thompson Seton

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 Ernest Thompson Seton

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 Ernest Thompson Seton

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