Hunter
['hʌntə]
['hʌntə] or ['hʌntɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal.
(noun.) someone who hunts game.
(noun.) a person who searches for something; 'a treasure hunter'.
Checked by Jerome--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman.
(n.) A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog.
(n.) A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
(n.) One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as, a fortune hunter a place hunter.
(n.) A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting.
(n.) A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover.
Editor: Matt
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Huntsman.[2]. Hound, hunting dog.
Checked by Amy
Examples
- Oh dear,' said Mrs. Leo Hunter, 'how anxiously I have been expecting him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And without giving Mr. Pickwick time to offer remonstrance or denial, Mr. Leo Hunter stalked gravely away. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- When I inform Mrs. Leo Hunter, that that remark fell from your lips, sir, she will indeed be proud,' said the grave man. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Permit Mrs. Leo Hunter, Sir, to have the gratification of seeing you at the Den. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- So has Mrs. Leo Hunter, Sir. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- McClernand, Fremont, Hunter and McClellan were all mentioned in this connection. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Being a hunter, he was obliged to follow the migrations of his ordinary quarry. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I gave Sheridan instructions to have Hunter, in case he should meet him about Charlottesville, join and return with him to the Army of the Potomac. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- My father is a famous hunter. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- To meet this movement under General Hunter, General Lee sent Early with his corps, a part of which reached Lynchburg before Hunter. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Lee, hearing of Hunter's success in the valley, started Breckinridge out for its defence at once. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Its head struck with such force that the early hunter decided to give it a sharp point, shaped from a flake of flint, in order that it might drive deep into the body of a deer or bear. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The active life to which he had been born and bred had given him something else to do than to join the futile chase of the pleasure-hunter. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And Crispin— Subscribes to all you have said, and feels as hungry as a hunter. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Neolithic man was nomadic in a different spirit from the mere daylight drift after food of the primordial hunter. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The hunters of the third and last stage of the later Pal?olithic Age appear to have supplemented a diminishing food supply by fishing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Among nations of hunters, such as the native tribes of North America, age is the sole foundation of rank and precedency. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- You two might go forth homeless hunters to the loneliest western wilds; all would be well with you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The Indian men, when young, are hunters and warriors; when old, counsellors; for all their government is by the council or advice of the sages. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I think they wear them to show they are chamois hunters. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- When the Devil goeth about like a roaring lion, he goeth about in a shape by which few but savages and hunters are attracted. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The Earliest Hunters. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They live by the crook and the bow; half shepherds, half hunters, their flocks wander wild as their prey. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A nation of hunters can never be formidable to the civilized nations in their neighbourhood; a nation of shepherds may. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The hunters carry big shields and spears, and stand in rows one behind the other. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These hunters lived on open steppes for two hundred centuries or so, ten times the length of the Christian era. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We're both as hungry as hunters, so we shan't mind what it is. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- One of these stub-hunters followed us all over the park last night, and we never had a smoke that was worth anything. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- An army of hunters can seldom exceed two or three hundred men. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In a tribe of hunters or shepherds, a particular person makes bows and arrows, for example, with more readiness and dexterity than any other. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Editor: Lou