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white hunter

noun

  1. a white man who acts as guide on African safaris and hunting expeditions.
  2. a white man who hunts big game in Africa.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of white hunter1

First recorded in 1950–55

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Example Sentences

The white hunter was free to come and go, and the sleepy soldiers saw the water skin which Ramabai threw carelessly over his head.

Such an attempt is always a dangerous one, for the horse of the Indian or white hunter often proves his most skilful sentinel.

The missionary will see that the white hunter is by the rocks when it begins to grow light in the east.

He lost more braves than did the pale-faces, but the white hunter must not think the mighty Wa-on-mon is afraid of him.

Wa-on-mon will be there when the sun rises from its bed; he will not keep the white hunter waiting.

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