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

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Recent Examples of hunter Based on Peter Benchley's 1974 novel of the same name, follows a small beach town terrorized by a massive great white shark, leading local Police Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) a marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter Quint (Craig Kingsbury) to team up and track it down. Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025 Great cornerbacks are football’s tawny owls, the biggest of the big-game hunters, dogging prey through darkness and chaos. Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025 Axhi, alongside his cub brother, arrived at the Brookfield Zoo in 1995 at 6 months old, rescued from southeastern Alaska after a hunter killed their mother. Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025 Labor Day weekend is shaping up to be a jackpot for deal hunters, and Amazon’s lineup doesn’t disappoint. PC Magazine, 30 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hunter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunter
Noun
  • Sagittarius is the archer who defends the good against evil.
    Lisa Stardust, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Another change was making Gyeon-U an archer.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 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 10 Sep. 2025.

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