hunter

A2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈhʌntɚ/ UK /ˈhʌntə/ See IPA manual

noun name 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.

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1 noun · a person who hunts wild... huntsman

Word family

Forms hunters

Derived forms antihunterbookhunterbowhunterbug-huntercoolhunterdeath-hunterdemi-hunterdung-hunterfortune-hunterfoxhunterghosthunterglory-hunter

Related forms hunt hunted huntinghuntresshuntsman

Etymology

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

huntere Middle English

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# hunter

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, name
**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

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