See Also: Hunter(medicine)
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Bargain hunter(finance)
tuft-hunter(dictionary)
Hunter, John(encyclopedia)
Hunter, William(encyclopedia)
Hunter (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Hunter River(encyclopedia)

hunter (iou)



hunter noun. ME.
[from HUNT verb + -ER1.]
A person engaged in the pursuit of wild animals or game; a person who hunts. ME.
White hunter: see WHITE adjective.
b. A person who searches or seeks diligently or energetically for something. Usu. in comb., as fortune-hunter. LME.
a. A dog good at or used in hunting. E17.
b. A horse bred for its stamina in hunting, its ability to jump, etc.; a horse used in hunting. L17.
An animal that hunts its prey; spec. (a) = hunting spider s.v. HUNTING ppl adjective; (b) a Jamaican cuckoo, Piaya pluvialis. M17.
= hunting-watch s.v. HUNTING noun. M19.
half-hunter a watch with a hinged cover protecting the outer part of the glass.
Comb.: hunter-gatherer a member of a people whose mode of subsistence is based on hunting land and sea animals and collecting wild plants, small land fauna, fish, and shellfish; hunter-killer adjective (of a naval vessel or group of vessels) equipped to locate and destroy enemy vessels, esp. submarines; hunterman (US, W. Indies, etc.) = sense 1 above; hunter's green a dark slightly yellowish green; hunter's moon the next full moon after a harvest moon; hunter trials a competition for horses used in hunting, with obstacles to simulate the conditions of a hunt.