Hunter
Pronunciation
- US IPA: /ˈhʌntɚ/, ˈhʌɾ̃ɚ
- Hyphenation: hun + ter
- Rhymes: -ÊŒntÉ™(r)
Full definition of hunter
Noun
- One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
- A dog used in hunting.
- A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 480:Henry, laughing, spurs away his hunter under the dripping trees.
- One who hunts or seeks after anything.The hunter becomes the hunted.a fortune hunter
- TennysonNo keener hunter after glory breathes.
- A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.
- A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover.
