hunter
someone who hunts game
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,891 of 86,757 words measured. It occurs 45,709 times across 426,181 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- someone who hunts game also: huntsman
- a person who searches for something a treasure hunter
- a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel also: Orion
- a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal also: hunting watch
hunter in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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A real gun and dog and hunter!
The Louisa Alcott Reader · Louisa May Alcott · Chapter 1
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Full of wonder, the hunter marched beside the merchant.
The Fair God · Lew Wallace · Chapter 1
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Had he been hunter or trapper, Dave Titus would have carried a gun.
The Heart of the Ancient Wood · Charles G. D., Sir Roberts · Chapter 1
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In one instance the colporteur was taken for a doctor; in the other for a hunter.
The American Joe Miller · Robert [Compiler] Kempt · Chapter 1
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He robs the traps of the hunter of their captured or dead game, and he kills squirrels, rabbits, and wood chucks.
An Alphabet of Quadrupeds · Anonymous · Chapter 1