hunter-gatherer
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hunt·er–gath·er·er

noun \ˈhən-tər-ˈga-thər-ər\

Definition of HUNTER-GATHERER

: a member of a culture in which food is obtained by hunting, fishing, and foraging rather than by agriculture or animal husbandry

First Known Use of HUNTER-GATHERER

1974

Other Anthropology Terms

ectomorph, ethnography, prehistory, yurt

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