[huhn-ter] 
| 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. |
[huhn-ter] | 1. | John, 1728–93, Scottish surgeon, physiologist, and biologist. |
| 2. | Robert Mer⋅cer Tal⋅ia⋅ferro [mur-ser tol-uh-ver] , 1809–87, U.S. political leader: Speaker of the House 1839–41. |
| 3. | a male given name. |
| a dark green color of yellowish cast. |
| hunt·er (hŭn'tər) n.
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Hunter Hun·ter (hŭn'tər), John. 1728-1793.
British surgeon who founded pathological anatomy in England.