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Definition of Lion-hunter
1. Noun. Someone who tries to attract social lions as guests.
2. Noun. Someone who hunts lions.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lion-hunter
Literary usage of Lion-hunter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"lion-hunter (A). One who l.nuts up a celebrity to adorn or give prestige aa party.
Mrs. Leo Hunter, in Пск- i-ifk, is a good satire on the name and ..."
2. The Okavango River: A Narrative of Travel, Exploration and Adventure by Charles John Andersson (1861)
"A Duel between a Lion and lion-hunter.—Dogs and Damaras.—An exciting hunting
Scene.—One hundred Damaras in the Field.—Another wounded Lion. ..."
3. The Literary World by Samuel R. Crocker, Edward Abbott, Nicholas Paine Gilman, Madeline Vaughan Abbott Bushnell, Bliss Carman, Herbert Copeland (1887)
"... the Story of an " Turk " and Lion-Hunter. With 115 illustrations by Montegut,
... LionHunter ..."
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