hunter

See also: Hunter

English

Etymology

From Middle English hunter, huntere, honter, equivalent to hunt +‎ -er. Compare Old English hunta (“hunter”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhʌntɚ/, [ˈhʌɾ̃ɚ]

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• Hyphenation: hun‧ter
• Rhymes: -ʌntə(ɹ)
• Homophone: junta (in non-rhotic accents with foot–strut split)

Noun

hunter (plural hunters, feminine huntress)

1. One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
2. A dog used in hunting.
   • c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or VVhat You VVill”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iv]:

     thy intercepter, full of despite, bloody as the hunter, attends thee at the orchard end

3. A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
   • c. 1792–3, Jane Austen, ‘Catharine, or The Bower’, Juvenilia:

     ‘His favourite Hunter who was turned out in the park on his going abroad, somehow or other fell ill […] .’

   • 1857–1859, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1858–1859, OCLC 1061908157:

     a sound, swift, well-bred hunter and roadster

   • 1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Church-yard. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], OCLC 18952474:

     No one, however, thought of the haughty and secluded young gentleman who […] when he rode on his black hunter into Dublin, avoided the village, and took the high-road by Inchicore.

   • 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 480:

     Henry, laughing, spurs away his hunter under the dripping trees.

4. One who hunts or seeks after anything.

   The hunter becomes the hunted.

   a fortune hunter

   • 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Elaine”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], OCLC 911789798, page 155:

     You know right well, how meek soe'er he seem, / No keener hunter after glory breathes.

5. (psychology) A person who bottles up their aggression and eventually releases it explosively.

   Coordinate term: howler

   • 2008, J. Reid Meloy, Lorraine Sheridan, Jens Hoffmann, Stalking, Threatening, and Attacking Public Figures (page 121)

     Although their behavior does not have the same impact as hunters, howlers nevertheless distract the public figure and compel security and law enforcement […]

   • 2015, Steve Albrecht, Library Security: Better Communication, Safer Facilities

     Hunters stalk their targets, make detailed plans, acquire and practice with weapons, and try to hurt or kill people. Howlers make bomb threats to schools, malls, churches, businesses, and government offices.

6. A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.
7. A pocket watch with a spring-hinged circular metal cover that closes over the dial and crystal, protecting them from dust and scratches.

Hyponyms

• fortune hunter
• headhunter
• white hunter

Derived terms

• demi-hunter
• half-hunter
• headhunter

Related terms

• hunted
• hunting

Translations

person who hunts game

• Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
• Ainu: イラマンテクㇽ (iramantekur)
• Albanian: gjahtar (sq) m, gjuetar (sq) m
• Arabic: صَيَّاد‎ m (ṣayyād), صَائِد‎ m (ṣāʾid)

  Egyptian Arabic: صياد‎ m (ṣayyād)

  Moroccan Arabic: صياد‎ m (ṣiyyād)

• Armenian: որսորդ (hy) (orsord)
• Asturian: cazador (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: ovçu (az)
• Bashkir: һунарсы (hunarsï), аусы (awsï)
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: паляўні́чы m (paljaŭníčy), мыслі́вы m (myslívy) (regional), мыслі́ўца m (myslíŭca) (dated)
• Bengali: শিকারী (śikari)
• Bulgarian: лове́ц (bg) m (lovéc)
• Burmese: မုဆိုး (my) (mu.hcui:)
• Catalan: caçador (ca) m
• Cebuano: tigpangayam, tigpusil
• Chechen: таллархо (tallarχo)
• Cherokee: ᎦᏃᎭᎵᏙᎯ (ganohalidohi)
• Cheyenne: émȯhónéhe
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獵人 (zh), 猎人 (zh) (lièrén)

• Czech: lovec (cs) m
• Danish: jæger (da) c
• Dutch: jager (nl) m
• Esperanto: ĉasisto (eo), ĉasanto
• Estonian: kütt, jahimees
• Ewe: adela n
• Finnish: metsästäjä (fi)
• French: chasseur (fr) m
• Galician: cazador m
• Georgian: მონადირე (monadire)
• German: Jäger (de) m
• Greek: κυνηγός (el) m (kynigós)

  Ancient: θηρευτής m (thēreutḗs), κυνηγέτης m (kunēgétēs), κῠνᾱγός m (kunāgós), ἀγρευτής m (agreutḗs)

• Gujarati: શિકારી f (śikārī)
• Hebrew: ייד / צַיָּד‎ (he) m (tsayád)
• Hindi: शिकारी (hi) m (śikārī), बहेलिया (hi) (baheliyā), सय्याद m (sayyād), सौयाद m (sauyād), आहेरी m (āherī)
• Hungarian: vadász (hu)
• Icelandic: veiðimaður m
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: fiagaí m, sealgaire m
• Italian: cacciatore (it) m
• Japanese: 猟師 (ja) (りょうし, ryōshi), 狩人 (ja) (かりゅうど, karyūdo)
• Karok: akúnvaan, ahavishkánvaan
• Kazakh: аңшы (añşy)
• Khakas: аңӌы (añcı)
• Khmer: ប្រមាញ់ (km) (prɑmañ), ព្រាន (km) (priən)
• Kikuyu: mũguĩmi 1
• Korean: 사냥꾼 (ko) (sanyangkkun)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: nêçîrvan (ku)

• Kyrgyz: аңчы (ky) (añçı)
• Lakota: wóle wičháša, wakhúwa
• Lao: ພານ (phān)
• Latgalian: mednīks m

• Latin: vēnātor m
• Latvian: mednieks m, medniece f
• Lithuanian: medžiotojas m
• Lushootseed: sʔubədiʔ
• Luxembourgish: Jeeër m
• Macedonian: ловец m (lovec)
• Malay: pemburu
• Maori: kaiwhakangau (with dogs), kaiwhakangangahu (with dogs), kaiwhaiwhai, kaiwhakarapu
• Mongolian: анчин (mn) (anchin)
• Moroccan Amazigh: ⴰⵏⴳⵎⴰⵔ m (angmar)
• Navajo: naalzheehí
• Nepali: शिकारी (śikārī), सिकारी (sikārī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jeger (no) m, veidemann (no) m

  Nynorsk: jeger m, veidemann m, veidar m

• Ojibwe: giiyosewinini
• Old Portuguese: caçador
• Oriya: ଶିକାରୀ (or) (śikari)
• Ossetian: цуанон (cwanon)
• Paiwan: cinunan
• Pashto: صياد‎ m (sayād)
• Persian: شکارچی‎ (fa) (šekârči), صیاد‎ (fa) (sayyâd), نخجیربان‎ (naxjīrbân)
• Plautdietsch: Jäaja m
• Polish: myśliwy (pl) m, łowca (pl) m
• Portuguese: caçador (pt) m
• Romanian: vânător (ro) m
• Russian: охо́тник (ru) m (oxótnik), лове́ц (ru) m (lovéc)
• Sanskrit: लुब्धक (sa) (lubdhaka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ло̀вац m

  Roman: lòvac (sh) m

• Shor: аңчы (añçı)
• Slovak: lovec m, poľovník m
• Slovene: lovec (sl) m
• Spanish: cazador (es) m
• Swahili: msasi (sw), mwindaji (sw)
• Swedish: jägare (sv) c
• Tagalog: mangangaso
• Tajik: шикорчӣ (tg) (šikorčī), сайёд (sayyod)
• Tamil: வேட்டைக்காரன் (ta) (vēṭṭaikkāraṉ)
• Tashelhit: ⴰⵏⴳⵓⵎⴰⵔ m (angumar)
• Tatar: аучы (tt) (auçı), сунарчы (tt) (sunarçı)
• Telugu: వేటగాడు (te) (vēṭagāḍu)
• Thai: พราน (th) (praan)
• Tocharian B: śerwe
• Turkish: avcı (tr)
• Turkmen: awçy (tk)
• Tuvan: аңчы (añçı)
• Ukrainian: мисли́вець m (myslývecʹ)
• Urdu: شکاری‎ m (śikārī)
• Uyghur: ئاڭچى‎ (angchi)
• Uzbek: ovchi (uz)
• Venetian: casador m, ghègher m, caẑador m
• Vietnamese: người đi săn
• Walloon: tchesseu (wa) m
• Welsh: heliwr m
• Yakut: булчут (bulçut)
• Yiddish: יעגער‎ m (yeger)
• Zazaki: seydwan (diq) c

hunting dog

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獵犬 (zh), 猎犬 (zh) (lièquǎn)

• Danish: jagthund c
• Dutch: jachthond (nl) m
• French: chien de chasse (fr) m
• Georgian: მონადირე ძაღლი (monadire ʒaɣli)
• German: Jagdhund (de) m
• Greek: κυνηγόσκυλο (el) n (kynigóskylo)

• Hungarian: vadászkutya (hu)
• Italian: cane da caccia m
• Japanese: 猟犬 (ja) (りょうけん, ryōken), 狩犬 (かりいぬ, kariinu)
• Maori: kūri whakangau
• Plautdietsch: Jäajahunt m
• Portuguese: cão de caça m, sabujo (pt) m
• Russian: охо́тничья соба́ка f (oxótničʹja sobáka)
• Spanish: perro de caza m
• Swedish: jakthund (sv) c
• Turkish: av köpeği (tr)

hunting horse

• French: cheval de chasse m
• Irish: capall fiaigh m, capall seilge m

• Italian: cavallo da caccia m
• Portuguese: cavalo de caça m

person who pursues someone

• Danish: forfølger c
• German: Jäger (de) m, Verfolger (de) m
• Greek: κυνηγός (el) m (kynigós)

• Italian: cacciatore (it)
• Swedish: (jägare (sv) c), förföljare (sv) c
• Telugu: వేటగాడు (te) (vēṭagāḍu)

person who searches for something

• Catalan: cercador (ca) m, cercadora (ca) f
• Danish: jæger (da) c
• French: chercheur (fr) m, chercheuse (fr) f
• Greek: κυνηγός (el) m (kynigós)

• Italian: cercatore (it) m, cercatrice f
• Portuguese: buscador (pt) m, buscadora f
• Spanish: buscador (es) m, buscadora (es) f
• Swedish: sökare (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Slovak: (2, 3) ^{(please verify)} lovec m

See also

• hunter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Middle English

Etymology

From hunten +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuntər/

Noun

hunter (plural hunters)

1. hunter

Descendants

• English: hunter