HUNTER

hunter, hunting watch

(noun) a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal

Orion, Hunter

(noun) a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel

hunter, huntsman

(noun) someone who hunts game

hunter

(noun) a person who searches for something; “a treasure hunter”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Proper noun

Hunter

An English and Scottish occupational surname for a hunter.

A male or female given name from surnames.

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.

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.

A river in northwest Otago, New Zealand; flowing into Lake Hāwea.

A river in Prince Edward Island, Canada; flowing from near Hartville into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence near North Rustico.

A locale in United States.

A city in Kansas; named for early settler Al Hunter.

A city in South Dakota; named for local landowner John Hunter.

A town in Arkansas.

A town in New York and a village within that town.

A town in Oklahoma.

A town in Wisconsin.

A census-designated place in Warren County, Ohio.

A census-designated place in Missouri; named for early landowner John Hunter.

A census-designated place in Tennessee.

An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio; named for Ohio congressman W. F. Hunter.

A ghost town in Nevada.

Etymology

Noun

hunter

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.

One who hunts or seeks after anything.

(psychology) A person who bottles up their aggression and eventually releases it explosively.

Coordinate term: howler

A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.

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

Source: Wiktionary

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Hunt"er, n.

1. One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman.

2. A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog. Shak.

3. A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.

4. One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as, a fortune hunter a place hunter. No keener hunter after glory breathes. Tennyson.

5. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting.

6. A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover. Hunter's room, the lunation after the harvest moon.

– Hunter's screw (Mech.), a differential screw, so named from the inventor. See under Differential.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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