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haunter|ˈhɔːntə(r), ˈhɑːntə(r)|
[f. haunt v. + -er1. Cf. OF. hanteur.]
One who or that which haunts, in various senses; a frequenter.
c1440Promp. Parv. 231/1 Hawntare, frequentator, frequentatrix. 1538Starkey England ii. i. 154 Hauntarys of thes vayn plesurys, and tryfelyng thyngys. 1548Cranmer Catech. 69 He that is a whore haunter. 1551Robinson tr. More's Utop. i. (1895) 57 Dice, cardes, tables..do not al thys sende the haunters of them streyght a stealynge when theyr money is gone? 1553T. Wilson Rhet. (1580) 123 To call an alehouse haunter a dronkarde. a1639Wotton in Reliq. 84 (R.) Haunters of theatres. 1794J. Vaillant tr. Dyer's Rep. 254 b, The presentee was refused because he was a common haunter of taverns. 1856Ruskin Mod. Paint. IV. v. xix. §31 Plants..haunters of waste ground. |