hunter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌntə/
ipa: /ˈhʌntɚ/
ipa: [ˈhʌɾ̃ɚ]
rhymes: -ʌntə(ɹ)
homophone: junta (non-rhotic, one pronunciation)
Forms: form: hunters
Etymology: From Middle English huntere, hunter, equivalent to hunt + -er. Compare Old English hunta (“hunter”).
Senses: glosses: One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
examples: text: thy intercepter, full of despite, bloody as the hunter, attends thee at the orchard end
ref: c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
glosses: A dog used in hunting; a hunting dog.
examples: text: ‘His favourite Hunter who was turned out in the park on his going abroad, somehow or other fell ill […] .’
ref: c. 1792–3, Jane Austen, ‘Catharine, or The Bower’, Juvenilia
text: a sound, swift, well-bred hunter and roadster
ref: 1857–1859, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1858–1859, →OCLC:
text: 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.
ref: 1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “About the Rightful Mrs. Nutter of the Mills, and How Mr. Mervyn Received the News”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume III, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 258:
text: Henry, laughing, spurs away his hunter under the dripping trees.
ref: 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 480:
glosses: A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
examples: text: The hunter becomes the hunted.
text: a fortune hunter
text: You know right well, how meek soe'er he seem, / No keener hunter after glory breathes.
ref: 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Elaine”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 155:
glosses: One who hunts or seeks after anything.
examples: text: Although their behavior does not have the same impact as hunters, howlers nevertheless distract the public figure and compel security and law enforcement […]
ref: 2008, J. Reid Meloy, Lorraine Sheridan, Jens Hoffmann, Stalking, Threatening, and Attacking Public Figures, page 121:
text: Hunters stalk their targets, make detailed plans, acquire and practice with weapons, and try to hurt or kill people. Howlers make bomb threats to schools, malls, churches, businesses, and government offices.
ref: 2015, Steve Albrecht, Library Security: Better Communication, Safer Facilities:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
coordinate_terms: howler
glosses: A person who bottles up their aggression and eventually releases it explosively.
glosses: A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.
glosses: A pocket watch with a spring-hinged circular metal cover that closes over the dial and crystal, protecting them from dust and scratches.
Hyponyms: fortune hunter
headhunter
white hunter
Coordinate terms: fisher
fisherman
gatherer
Derived terms: antihunter
bargain hunter
bookhunter
bounty hunter
bowhunter
bug-hunter
caterpillar hunter
cool hunter
coolhunter
cyclone hunter
death-hunter
demi-hunter
dinosaur hunter
dog hunter
dung-hunter
forest caterpillar hunter
fortune-hunter
foxhunter
ghosthunter
glitch hunter
glory hunter
glory-hunter
half-hunter
head-hunter
headhunter
head hunter
house-hunter
househunter
Hunter
hunteress
hunter eyes
hunter-gatherer
hunter-gathering
hunter green
hunter-killer
hunterlike
hurricane hunter
jobhunter
legacy hunter
lion hunter
long hunter
manhunter
masked hunter
minehunter
molehunter
moth-hunter
night hunter
nonhunter
pedohunter
persistence hunter
place-hunter
pothunter
scalphunter
scuffle hunter
seal-hunter
seal hunter
self-hunter
spiderhunter
storm hunter
stormhunter
storm-hunter
subhunter
Todhunter
tornado hunter
treasure-hunter
treehunter
trophy-hunter
trophy hunter
tufthunter
tuft-hunter
typhoon hunter
unicorn hunter
white-edged hunter hawkmoth
widow-hunter
witch hunter
wolf-hunter
Related terms: hunt
hunted
Hunter
hunting
Huntress
huntress
Huntsman
huntsman