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

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Recent Examples of hunter Many non-hunters, including birdwatchers, conservationists and stamp collectors, also purchase the stamp in support of habitat conservation. Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 29 Sep. 2025 And two house hunters, each earning a 75th percentile wage, qualify today in only 41 states. Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025 But the low level of layoffs is cold comfort to job hunters. Michael Sasso, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025 Early that afternoon, the missing hunter was able to make several 911 calls, which were routed to authorities. David Chiu, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 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 7 Oct. 2025.

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