hunter
One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
Other meanings
A dog used in hunting; a hunting dog.
A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
Related words
- antihunter
- bargain hunter
- bookhunter
- bounty hunter
- king-hunter
- bowhunter
- bug-hunter
- caterpillar hunter
- cool hunter
- coolhunter
- cyclone hunter
- death-hunter
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "huntere".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “hunter” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.