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wolver

American

[wool-ver] / ˈwʊl vər /

noun

a person who hunts for wolves.

wolver British

/ ˈwʊlvə /

noun

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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Many a wolver has dug into a wolf-den to find nothing.

From Animal Heroes by Ernest Thompson Seton

"By golly, if he didn't yell for help, and Billy come back to help him; that's great!" exclaimed the wolver.

From Animal Heroes by Ernest Thompson Seton

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 Ernest Thompson Seton

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 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

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