hunter
/ˈhʌntə
/noun
1A person or animal that hunts: a deer hunter...
- She is also hoping that the fox which killed her chickens could be hunted down by local hunters and shot before it kills other people's animals.
- Though different hunters may share any given place, no two hunters hunt and fish in exactly the same set of places.
- Yes, turkey hunters love to hunt and are willing to spend serious money in this growing market.
Synonyms
huntsman, huntswoman, stalker, trapper, woodsman;
nimrod, Orion;
predator;
French chasseur;
Indian shikari
rare venator, venerer
1.1A person searching for something: a bargain hunter...
- Convinced that ‘image is everything’, they have relinquished manufacturing to become bargain hunters in search of the best deal in the global mall.
- The results are reinforced by reports of an increase in consumer activity in the shops during the hot weather, following a period of lower spending, with bargain hunters tempted by sales.
- Merchants are hoping for a crush of last minute shoppers today, and bargain hunters after Christmas to make up for disappointing sales up until now.
1.2A horse of a breed developed for stamina in fox-hunting and ability to jump obstacles.Today, the Cleveland has established itself as a heavy hunter able to jump out of clay almost from a standstill....
- In hunters the horses are judged on form over fences and when they jump from a comfortable distance their form is shown off the best.
- This horse was a hunter, and would easily manage the hilly countryside.
1.3 (the Hunter) The constellation Orion.
2A watch with a hinged cover protecting the glass.
Rhymes
- unrecognizably
- unrecognized
- unrecognizing
- unrecognizingly
- unrecollected
- unrecommendable
- unrecommended
- unrecompensable
- unrecompensed
- unreconcilable
- unreconcilably
- unreconciled
- unreconciliable
- unreconnoitered
- unreconnoitred
- unreconstituted
- unreconstructed
- unrecordable
- unrecorded
- unrecording
- unrecounted
- unrecoverable
- unrecoverably
- unrecovered
- unrecruitable