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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HUNT'ER, n. One who pursues wild animals with a view to take them, either for sport or for food.
1. A dog that scents game, or is employed in the chase.
2. A horse used in the chase.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone who hunts game [syn: hunter, huntsman]
2: a person who searches for something; "a treasure hunter"
3: a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel [syn: Orion, Hunter]
4: a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal [syn: hunter, hunting watch]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 13th century 1. a. a person who hunts game b. a dog used or trained for hunting c. a horse used or adapted for use in hunting with hounds; especially a fast strong horse trained for cross-country work and jumping 2. one that searches for something 3. a pocket watch with a hinged protective cover

Merriam Webster's

I. biographical name John 1728-1793 British anatomist & surgeon II. geographical name river 287 miles (462 kilometers) SE Australia in E New South Wales flowing E into the Pacific

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a (fem. huntress) a person or animal that hunts. b a horse used in hunting. 2 a person who seeks something. 3 a watch with a hinged cover protecting the glass. Phrases and idioms: hunter's moon the next full moon after the harvest moon.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Note: Watches are often distinguished by the kind of escapement used, as an anchor watch, a lever watch, a chronometer watch, etc. (see the Note under Escapement, n., 3); also, by the kind of case, as a gold or silver watch, an open-faced watch, a hunting watch, or hunter, etc. 6. (Naut.) (a) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch. (b) That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and the starboard watch. Anchor watch (Naut.), a detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck when a vessel is at anchor. To be on the watch, to be looking steadily for some event. Watch and ward (Law), the charge or care of certain officers to keep a watch by night and a guard by day in towns, cities, and other districts, for the preservation of the public peace. --Wharton. --Burrill. Watch and watch (Naut.), the regular alternation in being on watch and off watch of the two watches into which a ship's crew is commonly divided. Watch barrel, the brass box in a watch, containing the mainspring. Watch bell (Naut.), a bell struck when the half-hour glass is run out, or at the end of each half hour. --Craig. Watch bill (Naut.), a list of the officers and crew of a ship as divided into watches, with their stations. --Totten. Watch case, the case, or outside covering, of a watch; also, a case for holding a watch, or in which it is kept. Watch chain. Same as watch guard, below. Watch clock, a watchman's clock; see under Watchman. Watch fire, a fire lighted at night, as a signal, or for the use of a watch or guard. Watch glass. (a) A concavo-convex glass for covering the face, or dial, of a watch; -- also called watch crystal. (b) (Naut.) A half-hour glass used to measure the time of a watch on deck.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hunter Hunt"er, n. 1. One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman. 2. A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog. --Shak. 3. A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting. 4. One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as, a fortune hunter a place hunter. No keener hunter after glory breathes. --Tennyson. 5. (Zo["o]l.) A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting. 6. A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover. Hunter's room, the lunation after the harvest moon. Hunter's screw (Mech.), a differential screw, so named from the inventor. See under Differential.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(hunters) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A hunter is a person who hunts wild animals for food or as a sport. The hunters stalked their prey. N-COUNT 2. People who are searching for things of a particular kind are often referred to as hunters. ...job-hunters. ...treasure hunters. = seeker N-COUNT: n N see also bargain hunter, headhunter

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Huntsman. 2. Hound, hunting-dog. 3. Hunting-horse, hunting-nag, horse for the chase.

Moby Thesaurus

Nimrod, Orion, archer, artilleryman, beater, bidet, big game hunter, bird dog, bowman, cannoneer, carabineer, carriage horse, cart horse, cavalry horse, chaser, courser, crack shot, dead shot, deadeye, delver, digger, draft horse, dray horse, driving horse, field dog, fill horse, filler, follower, gigster, good shot, gun, gun dog, gunman, gunner, hack, hackney, hunting dog, huntress, huntsman, jacker, jacklighter, jument, lead, leader, marksman, markswoman, mount, musketeer, pack horse, palfrey, perquisitor, plow horse, pole horse, polo pony, post-horse, pursuant, pursuer, quester, ransacker, remount, research worker, researcher, researchist, rider, riding horse, rifleman, road horse, roadster, rouncy, rummager, saddle horse, saddler, searcher, seeker, shaft horse, sharpshooter, shikari, shooter, shot, sniper, sporting dog, sportsman, sportswoman, stalker, stalking-horse, sumpter, sumpter horse, targetshooter, thill horse, thiller, toxophilite, tracker, trapper, trapshooter, water dog, wheeler, wheelhorse, white hunter, workhorse, zetetic