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hunter
  1. One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
  2. A dog used in hunting.
  3. A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
  4. One who hunts or seeks after anything.
  5. A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.
  6. A pocket watch with a spring-hinged circular metal cover that closes over the dial and crystal, protecting them from dust and scratches.
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  8. Examples:
    1. “When he finds himself pursued by the hunter, he conceals his track by effacing his footsteps with his tail.”
      “I had been ranked a captain of sorts, and my previous occupation was a historian, or you might say a hunter of treasure.”
      “Thy intercepter, full of despite, bloody as the hunter, attends thee at the orchard end.”
huntsman
  1. A hunter.
  2. (Britain) A fox hunter.
  3. One who manages the hounds during a hunt.
  4. Any of the many species of large spiders of the family Sparassidae.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “For professional huntsman Richard Emmott the Government's ban means his job and home are at stake.”
      “At that point the deer is shot by a huntsman, usually with a shotgun but sometimes with a pistol to the head.”
      “A stream of hounds flow in full cry across the field, the huntsman, Richard Emmott, on foot behind.”
hunt
  1. The act of hunting.
  2. A hunting expedition.
  3. An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to such an organization (capitalized if the name of a specific organization).
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Arthur's hound, Cabal, left his print in a stone during the hunt of the mythological boar named Troit.”
      “He determined to make another hunt through the drawers, cabinet, and desk once again to feel perfectly certain that it was not in the house.”
      “I felt incapable of relaxing, feeling that every hour of every day I should be on the hunt for that elusive husband.”
hunting
  1. Chasing and killing animals for sport or to get food.
  2. Looking for something, especially for a job or flat.
  3. (engineering) Fluctuating around a central value without stabilizing.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “One vessel engaged in the hunting of sea elephants in the southern Indian Ocean.”
      “When describing the Solway Firth, he mentions the hunting of salmon.”
      “The old men had held a consultation and decided that the hunting of the fugitive must stop.”
huntsmanship
  1. The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter.
huntsperson
  1. (rare) A huntsman or huntswoman.
huntmaster
  1. (chiefly fantasy) The leader of a hunt.
huntswoman
  1. Feminine form of huntsman.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The Scots presenter had first been caught out by the phrase 'West Kent Hunt' during an interview with a huntswoman in September.”
      “Combining sensuous femininity and militaristic might, it depicts the athletic goddess and huntswoman throwing her large, sinuous limbs forward.”
      “The owner then takes to using Peggy Whitehead, a huntswoman and international showjumping rider, as an intermediary.”
huntress
  1. A female hunter.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “At the mention of the name the huntress automatically flinched and brought her sea green eyes onto the king with faint concern.”
      “Her senses tingled in reaction to the smell, alert, and the instincts of the huntress awoke within her.”
      “Once, however, Arethusa was not water or even a water nymph but a fair young huntress and a follower of Artemis.”
huntee
  1. One who is hunted.
  2. Examples:
    1. “If I had learned anything that summer, other than Boy Scout stuff, it was that I needed to be the sexual hunter rather than the huntee.”
huntsmans
huntspeople
  1. plural of huntsperson
huntspersons
  1. plural of huntsperson
huntswomen
huntmasters
  1. plural of huntmaster
huntsmen
  1. plural of huntsman
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  3. Examples:
    1. “From the late 18th century, successive dukes commissioned images of members of their households, particularly the keepers and huntsmen.”
      “The sight of huntsmen and women riding around in red tunics amid a pack of hounds is often described as picturesque.”
      “He coached them in becoming proficient riders and huntsmen, skilled archers and unyielding wrestlers.”
huntresses
huntings
huntees
  1. plural of huntee
hunters
  1. plural of hunter
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  3. Examples:
    1. “One trader along the border of what are today South Africa and Botswana employed 400 African hunters in the pursuit of rhino horn.”
      “Even the powerful moose knew to beware the swift javelins of avarii hunters.”
      “They were unlike tigers and all other living cats, which are solitary hunters.”
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