hunter

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who searches for something

   a treasure hunter

2. 2
   noun

   A dog used in hunting; a hunting dog.

   thy intercepter, full of despite, bloody as the hunter, attends thee at the orchard end

3. 3
   noun

   A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.

   ‘His favourite Hunter who was turned out in the park on his going abroad, somehow or other fell ill […] .’

4. 4
   noun

   One who hunts or seeks after anything.

   The hunter becomes the hunted.

5. 5
   noun

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

   Although their behavior does not have the same impact as hunters, howlers nevertheless distract the public figure and compel security and law enforcement […]

6. 6
   name

   The constellation Orion.

   But he must ever watch the northern Bear, Who from her frozen height with jealous eye Confronts the Dog and the Hunter in the south, And is alone not dipt in Ocean's stream.

7. 7
   noun

   a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal

8. 8
   noun

   someone who hunts game

Etymology

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