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hunt·er

(hŭn′tər)

1. One who hunts game.

2. A dog bred or trained for use in hunting.

3. A horse, typically a strong fast jumper, that has been bred or trained for use in hunting.

4. One who searches for or seeks something: a treasure hunter.

5. Hunter green.

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hunter

(ˈhʌntə)

1. (Hunting) a person or animal that seeks out and kills or captures game. Female equivalent: huntress

a. a person who looks diligently for something

b. (in combination): a fortune-hunter.

3. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a specially bred horse used in hunting, usually characterized by strength and stamina

4. (Hunting) a specially bred dog used to hunt game

5. (Horology) Also called: hunting watch a watch with a hinged metal lid or case (hunting case) to protect the crystal. See also half-hunter

Hunter

(ˈhʌntə)

1. (Biography) John. 1728–93, British physician, noted for his investigation of venereal and other diseases

2. (Biography) his brother, William. 1718–83, British anatomist and obstetrician

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hunt•er

(ˈhʌn tər)

n.

1. a person who hunts game or other wild animals for food or in sport.

2. a searcher or seeker for something: a treasure hunter.

3. a horse specially trained for stamina and jumping ability in hunting.

4. a dog trained to hunt game.

5. (cap.) the constellation Orion.

6. hunter green.

[1200–50]

hunt′er•like`, adj.

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Noun	1.	hunter - someone who hunts game huntsman bounty hunter - a hunter who kills predatory wild animals in order to collect a bounty courser - a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey deer hunter - hunter of deer duck hunter - hunter of ducks falconer, hawker - a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry fowler - someone who hunts wild birds for food huntress - a woman hunter lion-hunter - someone who hunts lions pothunter - someone who hunts for food (not for sport) skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills snarer - someone who sets snares for birds or small animals stalker - someone who stalks game tracker - someone who tracks down game trapper - someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs)
	2.	hunter - a person who searches for something; "a treasure hunter" forager - someone who hunts for food and provisions; "in Japan a fungus forager can earn a good living" quester, searcher, seeker - someone making a search or inquiry; "they are seekers after truth"
	3.	Hunter - a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel Orion Alpha Orionis, Betelgeuse - the second brightest star in Orion diffuse nebula, gaseous nebula - a cluster of stars within an intricate cloud of gas and dust
	4.	hunter - a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal hunting watch watch, ticker - a small portable timepiece

hunter

noun huntsman or huntress, Diana, Orion, Nimrod, jaeger (rare), Artemis, sportsman or sportswoman The hunter stalked his prey.

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Translations

صَيّادصَيَّادٌ

lovec-kyně

jæger

Jäger Weidmann

κυνηγός

cazador

metsästäjä

chasseur chercheur chercheuse chien de chasse nemrod

lovac

vadászvadászkutya

veiîimaîur

cacciatore cane da caccia cavallo da caccia cercatore cercatrice

ハンター猟師猟犬

사냥꾼

medžiotojas

lovec

jägare

นายพราน

avcı

người đi săn

猎人

hunter

[ˈhʌntəʳ]

A. N

1. (= person) → cazador(a) m/f

2. (= horse) → caballo m de caza

B. CPD hunter gatherer N → cazador-recolector m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

hunter

[ˈhʌntə^r] n

(= person) → chasseur m

(British) (= horse) → cheval m de chasse

bargain hunter, house hunterhunter-gatherer [ˌhʌntə^rˈgæðərə^r] n → chasseur cueilleur m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hunter

(= person) → Jäger(in) m(f); (= horse) → Jagdpferd nt; (= dog) → Jagdhund m

(= watch) → Sprungdeckeluhr f

(Astron) the Hunter → Orion m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

hunter

[ˈhʌntəʳ] n → cacciatore/trice (Brit) (horse) → cavallo da caccia

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

hunt

(hant) verb

1. to chase (animals etc) for food or for sport. He spent the whole day hunting (deer).

2. to pursue or drive out. The murderer was hunted from town to town.

noun

1. the act of hunting animals etc. a tiger hunt.

2. a search. I'll have a hunt for that lost necklace.

ˈhunter – feminine ˈhuntress – noun

a person who hunts.

ˈhunting noun

the activity of chasing animals etc for food or for sport.

ˈhuntsman (ˈhants-) noun

a hunter.

hunt down

to search for (someone or something) until found. The police hunted down the escaped prisoner.

hunt for

to search for. I've been hunting for that shoe all morning.

hunt high and low

to search everywhere.

hunt out

to search for (something that has been put away) until it is found. I'll hunt out that old photograph for you.

hunter

→ صَيَّادٌ lovec jæger Jäger κυνηγός cazador metsästäjä chasseur lovac cacciatore ハンター 사냥꾼 jager jeger myśliwy caçador охотник jägare นายพราน avcı người đi săn 猎人

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Leo Hunter'--the stranger paused, as if he expected that Mr.

Leo Hunter, Sir, to have the gratification of seeing you at the Den.'

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There was once a young Hunter who went boldly into the forest.

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Ere Mor the Peacock flutters, ere the Monkey People cry, Ere Chil the Kite swoops down a furlong sheer, Through the Jungle very softly flits a shadow and a sigh-- He is Fear, O Little Hunter, he is Fear!

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Most of these abodes were inhabited by men who had themselves been in similar expeditions; they welcomed the travellers, therefore, as brother trappers, treated them with a hunter's hospitality, and cheered them with an honest God speed at parting.

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One old hunter who has a dry tongue, who used to come to bathe in Walden once every year when the water was warmest, and at such times looked in upon me, told me that many years ago he took his gun one afternoon and went out for a cruise in Walden Wood; and as he walked the Wayland road he heard the cry of hounds approaching, and ere long a fox leaped the wall into the road, and as quick as thought leaped the other wall out of the road, and his swift bullet had not touched him.

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I wish I had legs more worthy to bear such a noble crown; it is a pity they are so slim and slight." At that moment a Hunter approached and sent an arrow whistling after him.

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He was doing it now, vociferating, bellowing, waving his arms, and cursing like a fiend, and all because of a disagreement with another hunter as to whether a seal pup knew instinctively how to swim.

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But the wind was wanting; and to complete our helplessness, down came Hunter with the news that Jim Hawkins had slipped into a boat and was gone ashore with the rest.

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Now and then a stark Kentucky hunter, in leathern hunting-dress, with rifle on shoulder and knife in belt, strode along.

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A HUNTER who had lassoed a Bear was trying to disengage himself from the rope, but the slip-knot about his wrist would not yield, for the Bear was all the time pulling in the slack with his paws.

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"For that I know my father, Bok, was a great hunter, I speak these words.

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