hunter

English Online Dictionary. What means hunter‎? What does hunter mean?

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhʌntɚ/, [ˈhʌɾ̃ɚ]
• Hyphenation: hun‧ter
• Rhymes: -ʌntə(ɹ)
• Homophone: junta (foot-strut split)

Noun

hunter (plural hunters)

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.
   • c. 1792–3, Jane Austen, ‘Catharine, or The Bower’, Juvenilia:

     ‘His favourite Hunter who was turned out in the park on his going abroad, somehow or other fell ill […] .’
4. One who hunts or seeks after anything.
5. (psychology) A person who bottles up their aggression and eventually releases it explosively.

   Coordinate term: howler
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.

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• hunter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Etymology

From hunten +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuntər/

Noun

hunter (plural hunters)

1. hunter

Descendants

• English: hunter