hunter

IPA: hˈʌntɝ

noun

  • One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
  • A dog used in hunting.
  • A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
  • One who hunts or seeks after anything.
  • (psychology) A person who bottles up their aggression and eventually releases it explosively.
  • A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.
  • A pocket watch with a spring-hinged circular metal cover that closes over the dial and crystal, protecting them from dust and scratches.
  • An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a hunter.
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A placename
  • A place in Australia
  • A river in New South Wales, Australia; flowing 300 km from the Mount Royal Range within Barrington Tops National Park into the Tasman Sea at Newcastle; named for John Hunter, 2nd Governor of New South Wales.
  • A river in Western Australia, Australia; flowing 16 km from Donkins Hill near Mitchell River National Park into the Timor Sea; named by Australian explorer Philip Parker King for James Hunter, the surgeon of King's HMS Mermaid.
  • An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia
  • A river in northwest Otago, New Zealand; flowing into Lake Hāwea.
  • A river in Prince Edward Island, Canada; flowing from near Hartville into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence near North Rustico.
  • A locale in the United States.
  • A city in Kansas; named for early settler Al Hunter.
  • A city in South Dakota; named for local landowner John Hunter.
  • A town in Arkansas.
  • A town in New York, and a village within that town.
  • An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio; named for Ohio congressman W. F. Hunter.
  • A census-designated place in Warren County, Ohio.
  • A town in Oklahoma.
  • A town in Wisconsin.
  • A census-designated place in Missouri; named for early landowner John Hunter.
  • A census-designated place in Tennessee.
  • A ghost town in Nevada.
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Examples of "hunter" in Sentences

  • The hunters pounced on a boar.
  • The Adventure of the Gold Hunter.
  • Bargain hunters prepare to swoop.
  • He is one of the psychic hunters.
  • The hunter was following the deer.
  • He used to be a relentless hunter.
  • Hunters placed snares in the forest.
  • Hunter was the more successful of the two.
  • Lisa was the youngest of the hunter siblings.
  • The hunter reserved the right to hunt, fish and fowl on the islands.

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