Hunter-gatherers were people who lived by hunting and collecting food rather than by farming. There are still groups of hunter-gatherers living in some parts of the world.
hunter-gatherer in British English
anthropology
adjective
1.
(of a society, lifestyle, etc) surviving by hunting animals and gathering plants for subsistence
noun
2.
a member of such a society
hunter-gatherer in American English
(ˈhʌntərˈgæðərər)
noun
Anthropology
a member of a culture that supplies its food by hunting game and gathering berries, roots, etc. rather than by raising crops or livestock
Examples of 'hunter-gatherer' in a sentence
hunter-gatherer
Did being a hunter-gatherer absolve the whole species from domestic tasks?