hunter A2 Topic:People & Society US /ˈhʌntɚ/ UK /ˈhʌntə/ See IPA manual Freq #2732 Meanings 1 noun A person who hunts wild animals. The hunter waited quietly in the forest for the deer. 2 noun A person who searches for a particular thing. The treasure hunter spent years looking for the lost gold. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who hunts wild... huntsman Word family Forms hunters Derived forms antihunterbookhunterbowhunterbug-huntercoolhunterdeath-hunterdemi-hunterdung-hunterfortune-hunterfoxhunterghosthunterglory-hunter Related forms hunthuntedhuntinghuntresshuntsman Appears in Phrases (1) See all treasure hunter a person who searches for hidden valuable objects Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English huntere, hunter, equivalent to hunt + -er. Compare Old English hunta (“hunter”). huntere Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # hunter **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈhʌntɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈhʌntə/ **Frequency rank:** 2732 ## Meanings 1. A person who hunts wild animals. 2. A person who searches for a particular thing. ## Examples - The hunter waited quietly in the forest for the deer. - The treasure hunter spent years looking for the lost gold. ## Derived Forms - antihunter - bookhunter - bowhunter - bug-hunter - coolhunter - death-hunter - demi-hunter - dung-hunter - fortune-hunter - foxhunter - ghosthunter - glory-hunter ## Related Forms - hunt - hunted - hunting - huntress - huntsman ## Roots and Affixes - Root: huntere ## Etymology From Middle English huntere, hunter, equivalent to hunt + -er. Compare Old English hunta (“hunter”). ## AI Etymology Hunter comes from Middle English huntere, hunter, equivalent to hunt + -er. Compare Old English hunta (“hunter”). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main senses are “A person who hunts wild animals” and “A person who searches for a particular thing”. ## Topics - People & Society markdown