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hunters

[huhn-ter]

hunt·er

[huhn-ter]
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.
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6.
Also called hunting watch. a watch with a hunting case.
COLLAPSE

Origin:
1200–50; Middle English huntere. See hunt, -er1

hunt·er·like, adjective

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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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Hun·ter

[huhn-ter]
noun
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.
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Hunter Hun·ter (hŭn'tər), John. 1728-1793.

British surgeon who founded pathological anatomy in England.

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