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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

Literary usage of Hunter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"The dealings between them resulted in an indebtedness to hunter, Evans & Co. to a considerable amount; and on the 20th day of August O'Neal executed two ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1909)
"Action by Robert I. hunter and others against WH Hicks and others. A demurrer to the declaration was sustained, and plaintiffs bring error. Reversed. ..."

3. American Book Prices Current (1921)
"Mounted plates in hf. vel. portfolio (one plate missing), hunter, G., Jan. ... Orig. paper covers (6 MS. corrections by Whistler), hunter, G., Jan. 21. '20. ..."

4. The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (1897)
"THE SONG OF THE LITTLE hunter. ERE Mor the Peacock flutters, ere the Monkey-People cry, Ere Chil the Kite swoops down a furlong sheer, Through the Jungle ..."

5. Report by Public Archives of Canada (1893)
"PETER hunter—1820. hunter to Hobart (No. 4). Has received dispatch that preliminaries of peace had been signed between His Majesty and the French Republic. ..."

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