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Entry 6 senses Webster, 1913

Hunter

/hŭn'-tẽr/ · Hunt·er · IPA /ˈhʌntɚ/
01 n. One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman.
  1. 1.
    One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman.
  2. 2.
    A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog.
  3. 3.
    A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
  4. 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. 5.
    A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting.(Zool.) See: Hunting
  6. 6.
    A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover.
Phrases & compounds
Hunter's room — the lunation after the harvest moon.
Hunter's screw — a differential screw, so named from the inventor. See under Differential.