as in archer
a person who hunts game hunters must have a license to shoot deer

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Recent Examples of hunter Set in the coziest of places — a historic, allegedly haunted New England inn — the film follows a pair of employees/ghost hunters, Claire (Sara Paxton) and Luke (Pat Healy), who long for a real-life supernatural encounter during the hotel's last weekend of operations. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025 The Lost Dutchman Mine has captured the imagination of treasure hunters, historians and locals alike, and people continue to search for it to this day. Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025 With two hunters set as blockers, the dogs worked the trees while the rest of us walked the edges. Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2025 Saginaw County hunters led the way with 1,696 deer harvested this fall, including 241 bucks, according to the MDNR. Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hunter
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Noun
  • Standing tall in individual cases are a kneeling archer, a standing archer, an armored warrior, a high-ranking officer and a young attendant.
    Penny E Schwartz, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The archers were amazed at how strong the bow was for its size.
    Clare Conley, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Red velvet and leather banquettes call for intimate gatherings while the main room has an eccentric vibe of huntsmen lodge meets medieval garden.
    Christina Liao, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • The drawing room had been wallpapered with pictures of huntsmen, onto whose faces the two eldest boys, Jacob and Wilhelm (born in 1785 and 1786, respectively), would cheekily pencil in beards.
    Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The only move Lazio have made, apart from the sale of Loum Tchaouna to Burnley, was to move out their falconer.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The falcon no longer hears the falconer.
    Alaa Alqaisi August 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025

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“Hunter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunter. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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