as in hunter
a member of a culture in which people hunt animals and look for plants to eat instead of growing crops and raising animals
a tribe of hunter-gatherers
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Recent Examples of hunter-gatherer
Although the 5,550-year-old middle-aged hunter-gatherer exhibited no visible signs of disease, researchers found traces of a previously unknown species of treponemes—bacteria that cause yaws, bejel, syphilis, and pinta—after analyzing extracted DNA from his tibia.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 24 Jan. 2026
There’s also a nontrivial risk that ungoverned AI returns our kids or our kids’ kids to hunter-gatherer status.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
By analyzing the bones and pyre sediments, researchers believe that hunter-gatherers cremated the body of a woman about 9,500 years ago, according to their study published Thursday in the journal Science Advances.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
Here was a human elbow joint, burned and fractured, preserved in sediments full of debris from the daily lives of Stone Age hunter-gatherers.
—Elizabeth Sawchuk, The Conversation, 1 Jan. 2026
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 24 Jan. 2026
There’s also a nontrivial risk that ungoverned AI returns our kids or our kids’ kids to hunter-gatherer status.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
By analyzing the bones and pyre sediments, researchers believe that hunter-gatherers cremated the body of a woman about 9,500 years ago, according to their study published Thursday in the journal Science Advances.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
Here was a human elbow joint, burned and fractured, preserved in sediments full of debris from the daily lives of Stone Age hunter-gatherers.
—Elizabeth Sawchuk, The Conversation, 1 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunter-gatherer
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The region is also known as Orion's Head, owing to its proximity to the bright star Lambda Orionis, which represents the head of the celestial hunter.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
15 Mar. 2026
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The religious characters who leave the horror with their dignity intact are the Native American vampire hunter—who blends Christian and indigenous spiritual practices earlier in the film—and, of course, Mosaku’s Annie, and her traditional African Ifa wisdom.—
Kemi Alemoru,
Glamour,
14 Mar. 2026
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Even though trapping itself isn’t painful to the animal, some anti-trappers and hunters are uncomfortable with the idea of an animal being captive, or experiencing fear when the trapper arrives to check the trap.—
Skye Goode,
Outdoor Life,
29 Jan. 2026
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His final accents came via dark shades and a fluffy black trapper hat.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Hunter-gatherer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunter-gatherer. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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