hunter
English
/ˈhʌntɚ/
noun
Definitions
- One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
- A dog used in hunting.
- A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
- One who hunts or seeks after anything.
- (psychology) A person who bottle bottles up their aggression and eventually releases it explosively.
- A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.
- A pocket watch with a spring-hinged circular metal cover that closes over the dial and crystal, protecting them from dust and scratches.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hunter suffix from English hunt.
Origin
English
hunt
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antihunt English
- antihunter English
- bow English
- bowhunter English
- cool English
- coolhunter English
- demi-hunter English
- egg hunt English
- fox English
- foxhunt English
- foxhunter English
- gatherer English
- ghost English
- ghosthunt English
- ghosthunter English
- half-hunter English
- head English
- headhunt English
- headhunter English
- house English
- house-hunter English
- househunter English
- hunt English
- huntable English
- huntee English
- hunter-gatherer English
- hunteress English
- huntest English
- hunteth English
- hunting English
- huntmaster English
- huntress English
- huntsman English
- huntsperson English
- huntswoman English
- job English
- jobhunter English
- man English
- manhunt English
- manhunter English
- mine English
- minehunter English
- mole English
- molehunt English
- molehunter English
- moth English
- moth-hunter English
- nonhunter English
- outhunt English
- overhunt English
- pedo English
- pedohunter English
- pot English
- pothunter English
- puzzlehunt English
- scalp English
- scalphunter English
- spider English
- spiderhunter English
- sub English
- subhunter English
- tuft English
- tufthunter English
- widow English
- widow-hunter English
- witch-hunt English
- womanhunt English
- хедхантер Russian
- *huntô Proto-Germanic
- hunta Old English
- huntan Old English
- hwælhunta Old English
- hunten Middle English
- hunter Middle English
- हंटर Hindi
- job
- sub
- pot
- bow
- man
- fox
- pedo
- mole
- moth
- head
- tuft
- hunt
- cool
- mine
- ghost
- widow
- scalp
- house
- spider
- huntee
- outhunt
- hunteth
- huntest
- hunting
- manhunt
- foxhunt
- overhunt
- egg hunt
- headhunt
- huntress
- gatherer
- molehunt
- antihunt
- huntsman
- huntable
- hunteress
- foxhunter
- subhunter
- nonhunter
- pothunter
- womanhunt
- jobhunter
- bowhunter
- ghosthunt
- manhunter
- witch-hunt
- huntswoman
- tufthunter
- pedohunter
- puzzlehunt
- coolhunter
- minehunter
- molehunter
- antihunter
- huntmaster
- headhunter
- ghosthunter
- demi-hunter
- househunter
- moth-hunter
- half-hunter
- huntsperson
- scalphunter
- house-hunter
- widow-hunter
- spiderhunter
- hunter-gatherer