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 On the other hand, reports New Scientist’s Krista Charles, the level of intercommunity violence found at the site doesn’t seem to have been typical of other hunter-gatherer groups, which may not have faced as much resource competition. — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 June 2021 Superminds have operated since the time of hunter-gatherer tribes. — Ganes Kesari, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021 Both chimpanzee communities and human hunter-gatherer groups are extremely aggressive toward outsiders. — Bruce Peterson, Star Tribune, 17 Apr. 2021 Like many hunter-gatherer communities, Hadzabe greatly value a person’s right to make their own decisions. — Michaeleen Doucleff, Time, 6 Mar. 2021 Though some tribes retreated deeper into what remained of the forest, their seminomadic, hunter-gatherer ways proved incompatible with modern property deeds and private land ownership. — Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2021 Only pre-agrarian hunter-gatherer societies avoid wealth concentration. — Scott Burns, Dallas News, 26 Feb. 2021 Of however many thousands of years of being a hunter-gatherer. — Annie Jacobsen, Wired, 20 Jan. 2021 Meantime, her increasingly unshaven brothers have also increasingly positioned themselves as the avatars of the hunter-gatherer set. — New York Times, 16 Jan. 2021

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