hunter

Meaning

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.
4. One who hunts or seeks after anything.
5. A person who bottles up their aggression and eventually releases it explosively.
6. A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.
7. A pocket watch with a spring-hinged circular metal cover that closes over the dial and crystal, protecting them from dust and scratches.
8. An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a hunter.
9. A male given name transferred from the surname.
10. A placename
11. A place in Australia:
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia.
15. A locality in the City of Greater Bendigo, central Victoria, Australia
16. A river in northwest Otago, New Zealand; flowing into Lake Hāwea.
17. A river in Prince Edward Island, Canada; flowing from near Hartville into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence near North Rustico.
18. A locale in the United States:
19. A town in Woodruff County, Arkansas.

Etymology / origin

From Middle English huntere, hunter, equivalent to hunt + -er. Compare Old English hunta (“hunter”).

Related words

Descendant words

• हंटर(Hindi) (bor)
• ᕼᐊᓐᑕ(Inuktitut) (bor)
• ハンター(Japanese) (bor)

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