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Definition of Hunter

1. Noun. Someone who hunts game.

2. Noun. A person who searches for something. "A treasure hunter"

3. Noun. A constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel.

4. Noun. A watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal.

Definition of Hunter

1. n. One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman.

Definition of Hunter

1. Proper noun. (surname A=An occupational from=Middle English dot=) for a hunter. ¹

2. Proper noun. (surnames male given name) transferred from the surname. ¹

3. Noun. A person who hunts game. ¹

4. Noun. A hunting dog. ¹

5. Noun. A hunting horse. ¹

6. Noun. A person who pursues someone. ¹

7. Noun. A person who searches for something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hunter

1. one that hunts [n -S] - See also: hunts

Medical Definition of Hunter

1. 1. One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman. 2. A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog. 3. A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting. 4. One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as, a fortune hunter a place hunter. "No keener hunter after glory breathes." (Tennyson) 5. A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting. 6. A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover. Hunter's room, the lunation after the harvest moon. Hunter's screw, a differential screw, so named from the inventor. See Differential. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hunter

huns hunseemly hunt hunt's-up hunt's-ups hunt-and-peck hunt and peck hunt club hunt down hunt saboteur

huntable hunted hunted and pecked hunted person huntedly hunter (current term) hunter's chicken hunter's moon hunter's sauce hunter-gatherer

hunter-gatherers hunter-gathering hunter green hunter greens hunteress hunters huntest hunteth hunting hunting-crop

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