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
These new findings demonstrate that the plague was seriously impacting these mobile, small hunter-gatherer groups before the transition, if not others.
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Margherita Bassi,
Popular Science,
17 June 2026
Today’s fathers contribute more to childcare than even the most hands-on hunter-gatherer dad, because there’s simply less of a village to support shared care.
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Darby Saxbe,
The Conversation,
16 June 2026
Around a hundred members of the hunter-gatherer Shompen tribe live in the Great Nicobar's rainforests.
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Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
7 June 2026
The Kalahari hunter-gatherers of southern Africa might not last long in Greenland, and vice versa for the Inuit.
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Cody Cottier,
Scientific American,
4 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for hunter-gatherer
Margherita Bassi,
Popular Science,
17 June 2026
Today’s fathers contribute more to childcare than even the most hands-on hunter-gatherer dad, because there’s simply less of a village to support shared care.
—
Darby Saxbe,
The Conversation,
16 June 2026
Around a hundred members of the hunter-gatherer Shompen tribe live in the Great Nicobar's rainforests.
—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
7 June 2026
The Kalahari hunter-gatherers of southern Africa might not last long in Greenland, and vice versa for the Inuit.
—
Cody Cottier,
Scientific American,
4 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for hunter-gatherer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunter-gatherer
Noun
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Another star at a similar distance from Earth is Bellatrix, which shines at the left shoulder of the celestial hunter depicted in the constellation Orion.
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If the requirement is a dedicated Cold War-style submarine hunter optimized for deep-ocean warfare, the Seawolf remains one of the finest attack submarines ever produced.
Noun
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In the summer of 2019, Parker started dating local hog trapper Wade Griffin, but their relationship started deteriorating just a few months later.
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In 2019, Taylor Parker began a relationship with Wade Griffin, a roofer and hog trapper living in northeast Texas.
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“Hunter-gatherer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunter-gatherer. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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