hunter

noun

hunt·er | \ ˈhən-tər

Definition of hunter

(Entry 1 of 3)

1a : a person who hunts game

b : a dog used or trained for hunting

c : a horse used or adapted for use in hunting with hounds especially : a fast strong horse trained for cross-country work and jumping

2 : one that searches for something

3 : a pocket watch with a hinged protective cover

Hunter

biographical name

Hun·ter | \ ˈhən-tər

Definition of Hunter (Entry 2 of 3)

John 1728–1793 British anatomist and surgeon

Hunter

geographical name

Hun·ter | \ ˈhən-tər

Definition of Hunter (Entry 3 of 3)

river 287 miles (462 kilometers) long in eastern New South Wales, southeastern Australia, flowing east into the Pacific

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Synonyms & Antonyms for hunter

Synonyms: Noun

huntsman, nimrod

Antonyms: Noun

nonhunter

Examples of hunter in a Sentence

Noun

hunters must have a license to shoot deer

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

Each hunter working alone can catch a hare, but hares aren’t very meaty. — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, "Low-caste men in India cooperate like college students," 7 Nov. 2018 What was just as interesting to me as the hunting was the hunter himself. — Adrian Higgins, sacbee, "Spend time with mushroom experts – they’ll grow on you," 8 June 2018 Perhaps that person was a hunter about to deliver a surprise lethal blow, Bennett said. — Ben Guarino, BostonGlobe.com, "Fossil footprints show a human chasing an extinct giant sloth," 26 Apr. 2018 In addition, a steep selloff last year lured bargain hunters. — Saumya Vaishampayan, WSJ, "China’s Developers Go on Borrowing Spree," 12 Feb. 2019 But in North Dakota, Jane Lytvynenko found that Democrats ran a misleading Facebook ad which targeted hunters in an apparent effort to suppress Republican turnout. — Casey Newton, The Verge, "Four ways the internet changed the midterm elections," 7 Nov. 2018 One image shows an Awá hunter with a small deer on his back while holding his bow and arrows with a hunting dog following behind. — Fox News, "Inside the Amazon’s ‘world’s most endangered tribe’ who bathes with turtles and and eats armadillos," 1 Oct. 2018 Some counties in Ohio now permit recreational hunters to shoot down invasive deer within town limits. — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, "How Humans Created the Ultimate Superpests," 9 July 2018 Preston didn’t reveal the grove’s exact location, but the book spurred interest and prompted amateur tree hunters to seek it out. — Robert Earle Howells, SFChronicle.com, "Should we hide the locations of Earth’s greatest trees?," 3 July 2018

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