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hunter¹

  • /ˈhʌntə/ UK
  • /ˈhʌntɚ/ US
  • [ˈhʌɾ̃ɚ] US

Sounds like junta (non-rhotic, one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ʌntə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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

noun hunters

  1. One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
  2. A dog used in hunting; a hunting dog. thy intercepter, full of despite, bloody as the hunter, attends thee at the orchard end
  3. 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. One who hunts or seeks after anything. The hunter becomes the hunted.
  5. 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. A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.
  7. A pocket watch with a spring-hinged circular metal cover that closes over the dial and crystal, protecting them from dust and scratches.

Hunter²

  • /ˈhʌntɚ/ US

Where it comes from

From hunter.

proper noun Hunters

  1. countable, uncountable An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a hunter.
  2. countable, uncountable A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. countable, uncountable 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.
  4. countable, uncountable 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.
  5. countable, uncountable An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia.
  6. countable, uncountable A locality in the City of Greater Bendigo, central Victoria, Australia
  7. countable, uncountable A river in northwest Otago, New Zealand; flowing into Lake Hāwea.
  8. countable, uncountable A river in Prince Edward Island, Canada; flowing from near Hartville into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence near North Rustico.
  9. countable, uncountable A town in Woodruff County, Arkansas.
  10. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Boone County, Illinois.
  11. countable, uncountable A township in Edgar County, Illinois.
  12. countable, uncountable A minor city in Mitchell County, Kansas; named for early settler Al Hunter.
  13. countable, uncountable A township in Jackson County, Minnesota.
  14. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Carter County, Missouri; named for early landowner John Hunter.
  15. countable, uncountable A ghost town in Elko County, Nevada.
  16. countable, uncountable A town and village therein, in Greene County, New York.
  17. countable, uncountable A minor city in Cass County, North Dakota; named for local landowner John Hunter.
  18. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio; named for Ohio congressman W. F. Hunter.
  19. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Franklin Township, Warren County, Ohio.
  20. countable, uncountable A town in Garfield County, Oklahoma.
  21. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Carter County, Tennessee.
  22. countable, uncountable A town in Sawyer County, Wisconsin.
  23. countable, uncountable 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: huntsman, hunting watch, hunt, hunting, harvester, harvest, horse, dart, fisher, fisherman, peck, sealer, chasse, bellboy, fighter, pirate

Translations

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noun hunting dog — see also hunting dog

Españolperro de caza
日本語猟犬 ryōken, 狩犬 kariinu
中文獵犬 /猎犬 lièquǎn
Portuguêscão de caça, sabujo
Françaischien de chasse
DeutschJagdhund
Italianocane da caccia
Ελληνικάκυνηγόσκυλο kynigóskylo
Русскийохо́тничья соба́ка oxótničʹja sobáka

noun hunting horse

Portuguêscavalo de caça
Françaischeval de chasse
Italianocavallo da caccia

noun person who hunts game

Españolcazador
한국어사냥꾼 sanyangkkun, 엽사 yeopsa
日本語猟師 ryōshi, 狩人 karyūdo
中文獵人 /猎人 lièrén, 獵戶 /猎户 lièhù
हिन्दीव्याध vyādh, आखेटक ākheṭak, शिकारी śikārī, बहेलिया baheliyā, सय्याद sayyād, सौयाद sauyād
Kiswahilimsasi, mwindaji
Portuguêscaçador
Françaischasseur
DeutschJäger
Italianocacciatore
Ελληνικάκυνηγός kynigós
Românăvânător
Русскийохо́тник oxótnik, лове́ц lovéc
Tiếng Việtngười đi săn, thợ săn
العربيةصَيَّاد ṣayyād, صَائِد ṣāʔid
עבריתייד, צַיָּד tsayád

noun person who pursues someone

DeutschJäger, Verfolger
Italianocacciatore
Ελληνικάκυνηγός kynigós

noun person who searches for something

Españolbuscador, buscadora
Portuguêsbuscador, buscadora
Françaischercheur, chercheuse
Italianocercatore, cercatrice
Ελληνικάκυνηγός kynigós

name river in New South Wales

中文亨特河 Hēngtèhé

name surname

中文亨特 Hēngtè
DeutschJäger

name male or female given name

中文亨特 Hēngtè

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@misc{hunter_2026,
  title = {hunter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hunter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}