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hunter

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What does hunter mean?

noun

  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.
More meanings (27)

noun

  1. One who hunts or seeks after anything.
  2. A person who bottles up their aggression and eventually releases it explosively.
  3. A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.
  4. A pocket watch with a spring-hinged circular metal cover that closes over the dial and crystal, protecting them from dust and scratches.

proper noun

  1. An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a hunter.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A river in New South Wales, Australia; flowing 300 km from the Mount Royal Range within Barrington Tops National Park into the Tasman Sea at Newcastle; named for John Hunter, 2nd Governor of New South Wales.
  4. A river in Western Australia, Australia; flowing 16 km from Donkins Hill near Mitchell River National Park into the Timor Sea; named by Australian explorer Philip Parker King for James Hunter, the surgeon of King's HMS Mermaid.
  5. An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia.
  6. A locality in the City of Greater Bendigo, central Victoria, Australia
  7. A river in northwest Otago, New Zealand; flowing into Lake Hāwea.
  8. A river in Prince Edward Island, Canada; flowing from near Hartville into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence near North Rustico.
  9. A town in Woodruff County, Arkansas.
  10. An unincorporated community in Boone County, Illinois.
  11. A township in Edgar County, Illinois.
  12. A minor city in Mitchell County, Kansas; named for early settler Al Hunter.
  13. A township in Jackson County, Minnesota.
  14. A census-designated place in Carter County, Missouri; named for early landowner John Hunter.
  15. A ghost town in Elko County, Nevada.
  16. A town and village therein, in Greene County, New York.
  17. A minor city in Cass County, North Dakota; named for local landowner John Hunter.
  18. An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio; named for Ohio congressman W. F. Hunter.
  19. A census-designated place in Franklin Township, Warren County, Ohio.
  20. A town in Garfield County, Oklahoma.
  21. A census-designated place in Carter County, Tennessee.
  22. A town in Sawyer County, Wisconsin.
  23. The constellation Orion.
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Waiting was a strain, and it was decided that Hunter and I should go ashore with the jolly-boat in quest of information.
Robert Louis StevensonTreasure IslandProject Gutenberg ebook #120
With the knife, with the knife that men use, with the knife of the hunter, I will stoop down for my gift.
Rudyard KiplingThe Jungle BookProject Gutenberg ebook #236
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The creature was too unwieldy to lift, so the hunter contented himself with cutting away one haunch and part of the flank.
Arthur Conan DoyleA Study in ScarletProject Gutenberg ebook #244
Kind ghosts pitied the unhappy hunter and led him to the newly slain deer, that his children should not cry for food.
Zitkala-SaOld Indian LegendsProject Gutenberg ebook #338
In the best of circumstances it is only rarely that having identified his big bull, the hunter can deliver a knockdown blow.
Stewart Edward WhiteThe Land of FootprintsProject Gutenberg ebook #1378