Meaning of HUNTER
| Pronunciation: | | 'huntur
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- [n] a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal
- [n] someone who hunts game
- [n] a person who searches for something; "a treasure hunter"
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| | Synonyms: | | hunting watch, huntsman |
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| | See Also: | | deer hunter, duck hunter, falconer, fowler, hawker, huntress, lion-hunter, Nimrod, pothunter, quester, searcher, seeker, skilled worker, snarer, stalker, ticker, tracker, trained worker, trapper, watch | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Hunt"er\, n.
1. One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a
huntsman.
2. A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a
hunting dog. --Shak.
3. A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred,
bred and trained for hunting.
4. One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as,
a fortune hunter a place hunter.
No keener hunter after glory breathes. --Tennyson.
5. (Zo["o]l.) A kind of spider. See {Hunting spider}, under
{Hunting}.
6. A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected
by a metallic cover.
{Hunter's room}, the lunation after the harvest moon.
{Hunter's screw} (Mech.), a differential screw, so named from
the inventor. See under {Differential}.
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| | Related Terms: | | archer, artilleryman, beater, bidet, big game hunter, bird dog, bowman, cannoneer, carabineer, carriage horse, cart horse, cavalry horse, chaser, courser, crack shot, dead shot, deadeye, delver, digger, draft horse, dray horse, driving horse, field dog, fill horse, filler, follower, gigster, good shot, gun, gun dog, gunman, gunner, hack, hackney, hunting dog, huntress, huntsman, jacker, jacklighter, jument, lead, leader, marksman, markswoman, mount, musketeer, Nimrod, Orion, pack horse, palfrey, perquisitor, plow horse, pole horse, polo pony, post-horse, pursuant, pursuer, quester, ransacker, remount, research worker, researcher, researchist, rider, riding horse, rifleman, road horse, roadster, rouncy, rummager, saddle horse, saddler, searcher, seeker, shaft horse, sharpshooter, shikari, shooter, shot, sniper, sporting dog, sportsman, sportswoman, stalker, stalking-horse, sumpter, sumpter horse, targetshooter, thill horse, thiller, toxophilite, tracker, trapper, trapshooter, water dog, wheeler, wheelhorse, white hunter, workhorse, zetetic |
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