About The Word Hunter
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Hunter
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What's The Definition Of Hunter?
[n] a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal
[n] someone who hunts game [n] a person who searches for something; "a treasure hunter" Synonyms | Synonyms for Hunter: hunting watch | huntsman Related Terms | Find terms related to Hunter: archer | artilleryman | beater | bidet | big game hunter | bird dog | bowman | cannoneer | carabineer | carriage horse | cart horse | cavalry horse | chaser | courser | crack shot | dead shot | deadeye | delver | digger | draft horse | dray horse | driving horse | field dog | fill horse | filler | follower | gigster | good shot | gun | gun dog | gunman | gunner | hack | hackney | hunting dog | huntress | huntsman | jacker | jacklighter | jument | lead | leader | marksman | markswoman | mount | musketeer | Nimrod | Orion | pack horse | palfrey | perquisitor | plow horse | pole horse | polo pony | post-horse | pursuant | pursuer | quester | ransacker | remount | research worker | researcher | researchist | rider | riding horse | rifleman | road horse | roadster | rouncy | rummager | saddle horse | saddler | searcher | seeker | shaft horse | sharpshooter | shikari | shooter | shot | sniper | sporting dog | sportsman | sportswoman | stalker | stalking-horse | sumpter | sumpter horse | targetshooter | thill horse | thiller | toxophilite | tracker | trapper | trapshooter | water dog | wheeler | wheelhorse | white hunter | workhorse | zetetic See Also | deer hunter | duck hunter | falconer | fowler | hawker | huntress | lion-hunter | Nimrod | pothunter | quester | searcher | seeker | skilled worker | snarer | stalker | ticker | tracker | trained worker | trapper | watch Hunter In Webster's Dictionary \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}.
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