Meaning | someone who hunts game. |
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Synonym | huntsman |
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Instances | Nimrod | (Old Testament) a famous hunter |
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Narrower | bounty hunter | A hunter who kills predatory wild animals in order to collect a bounty |
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courser | A huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey |
deer hunter | hunter of deer |
duck hunter | hunter of ducks |
falconer, hawker | A person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry |
fowler | someone who hunts wild birds for food |
huntress | A woman hunter |
lion-hunter | someone who hunts lions |
pothunter | someone who hunts for food (not for sport) |
snarer | someone who sets snares for birds or small animals |
stalker | someone who stalks game |
tracker | someone who tracks down game |
trapper | someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs) |
Broader | skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman | A worker who has acquired special skills |
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Spanish | cazador |
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Catalan | caçador |
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Verbs | hunt | pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) |
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hunt | search (an area) for prey |
hunt | pursue or chase relentlessly |