Hunter

/ˈhʌntə/ · noun

Meaning

One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman..

Definitions by Sense

1. One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
2. A dog used in hunting; a hunting dog.
3. A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
4. One who hunts or seeks after anything.
5. (psychology) A person who bottles up their aggression and eventually releases it explosively.
6. A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.
7. A pocket watch with a spring-hinged circular metal cover that closes over the dial and crystal, protecting them from dust and scratches.

Example Sentences

thy intercepter, full of despite, bloody as the hunter, attends thee at the orchard end

‘His favourite Hunter who was turned out in the park on his going abroad, somehow or other fell ill […] .’

a sound, swift, well-bred hunter and roadster

No one, however, thought of the haughty and secluded young gentleman who […] when he rode on his black hunter into Dublin, avoided the village, and took the high-road by Inchicore.

Henry, laughing, spurs away his hunter under the dripping trees.

The hunter becomes the hunted.

a fortune hunter

You know right well, how meek soe'er he seem, / No keener hunter after glory breathes.

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