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hunter

noun US /ˈhʌntər/

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

  1. someone who hunts game also: huntsman
  2. a person who searches for something a treasure hunter
  3. a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel also: Orion
  4. a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal also: hunting watch

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

hunter in real books

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  • A real gun and dog and hunter!

    The Louisa Alcott Reader · Louisa May Alcott · Chapter 1

  • Full of wonder, the hunter marched beside the merchant.

    The Fair God · Lew Wallace · Chapter 1

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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