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; see origin at wolf, -er ¹

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Example Sentences

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wolver

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

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 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 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

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

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