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Synonyms for hunter


Grammar : Noun
Spell : huhn-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʌn tər

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Définition of hunter

Origin :
  • mid-13c. (attested in place names from late 12c.), from hunt + -er (1). The Old English word was hunta.
  • noun a person who hunts
  • noun a dog or horse bred for hunting
Example sentences :
  • If the hunter fires then, over the horn, he will strike the beast's backbone.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • But, madam, were you not saying something to me about Miss Hunter?
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Miss Hunter applied her glass to her eye, but could not make out who it was.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • One lion is pouncing upon a hunter, but his friends are coming to help him.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • He was the warrior and hunter, and she did most of the labor, in both the house and the field.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • I doubt it, for there was none; Hunter wasn't so foolish as to draw one up.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • I shall not say to which hunter belonged the honor of killing the game.
  • Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
  • He had the trained senses and instincts of the Indian hunter.
  • Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
  • As a matter of fact, the hunter is almost invariably in debt to the store.
  • Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
  • There was the tip of the dog's tail, and the top of the hunter's crossbow.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
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