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Hol⋅man Hunt

  [hohl-muhn huhnt]
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(William). Hunt, William Holman.
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Hunt

  [huhnt]
–noun
1. (James Henry) Leigh  [lee] , 1784–1859, English essayist, poet, and editor.
2. Richard Morris, 1828–95, U.S. architect.
3. (William) Holman  [hohl-muhn] , 1827–1910, English painter.
4. William Morris, 1824–79, U.S. painter (brother of Richard Morris Hunt).
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Hunt,   (William)
British painter who with Rossetti and Millais founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His works include The Light of the World (1854) and The Scapegoat (1856).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

hunt 
O.E. huntian "chase game," related to hentan "to seize," from P.Gmc. *khuntojan (cf. Goth. hinþan "to seize, capture," O.H.G. hunda "booty"), from PIE *kend-. General sense of "search diligently" (for anything) is first recorded c.1200. The noun meaning "body of persons associated for the purpose of hunting with a pack of hounds" is first recorded 1579. Happy hunting-grounds "Native American afterlife paradise" is from "Last of the Mohicans" (1826).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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