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hunt·er    Audio Help   [huhn-ter] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a person who hunts game or other wild animals for food or in sport.
2.a person who searches for or seeks something: a fortune hunter.
3.a horse specially trained for quietness, stamina, and jumping ability in hunting.
4.an animal, as a dog, trained to hunt game.
5.(initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Orion.
6.Also called hunting watch. a watch with a hunting case.
7.hunter green.
[Origin: 1200–50; ME huntere. See hunt, -er1]

—Related forms
hunt·er·like, adjective
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Hun·ter    Audio Help   [huhn-ter] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.John, 1728–93, Scottish surgeon, physiologist, and biologist.
2.Robert Mer·cer Tal·ia·ferro    Audio Help   [mur-ser tol-uh-ver] Pronunciation Key, 1809–87, U.S. political leader: Speaker of the House 1839–41.
3.a male given name.
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hunt·er    Audio Help   (hŭn'tər)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. One who hunts game.
  2. A dog bred or trained for use in hunting.
  3. A horse, typically a strong fast jumper, that has been bred or trained for use in hunting.
  4. One who searches for or seeks something: a treasure hunter.
  5. Hunter green.

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hunter

noun
1. someone who hunts game 
2. a person who searches for something; "a treasure hunter" 
3. a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel [syn: Orion] 
4. a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ˈhunter noun — feminine ˈhuntress
a person who hunts
Arabic: صَيّاد
Chinese (Simplified): 猎人
Chinese (Traditional): 獵人
Czech: lovec, -kyně
Danish: jæger
Dutch: jager
Estonian: jahimees
Finnish: metsästäjä
French: chasseur, euse, *chasseresse
German: der, *die Jäger(in)
Greek: κυνηγός
Hungarian: vadász
Icelandic: veiðimaður
Indonesian: pemburu
Italian: cacciatore
Japanese: 猟師
Latvian: mednieks
Lithuanian: medžiotojas
Norwegian: jeger
Polish: myśliwy
Portuguese (Brazil): caçador
Portuguese (Portugal): caçador
Romanian: vânător
Russian: охотник
Slovak: lovec, -kyňa
Slovenian: lovec
Spanish: cazador; cazadora
Swedish: jägare
Turkish: avcı
See also: hunting, huntsman, hunt, hunt down, hunt for, hunt high and low, hunt out

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Hunter, KS (city, FIPS 33525) Location: 39.23560 N, 98.39561 W
Population (1990): 116 (69 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 67452

Hunter, ND (city, FIPS 39460) Location: 47.19211 N, 97.21627 W
Population (1990): 341 (168 housing units)
Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 58048

Hunter, NY (village, FIPS 36167) Location: 42.21124 N, 74.21567 W
Population (1990): 429 (682 housing units)
Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 12442

Hunter, OK (town, FIPS 36600) Location: 36.56402 N, 97.66244 W
Population (1990): 218 (99 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 74640

Hunter, AR (town, FIPS 33910) Location: 35.05336 N, 91.12274 W
Population (1990): 137 (79 housing units)
Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Hunter, TN (CDP, FIPS 36500) Location: 36.37878 N, 82.16334 W
Population (1990): 1250 (547 housing units)
Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Hunter

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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