hunter

See also: Hunter

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhʌntɚ/, [ˈhʌɾ̃ɚ]

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: hun‧ter
• Rhymes: -ʌntə(r)

Noun

hunter ‎(plural hunters)

1. One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
2. A dog used in hunting.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

3. A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
   • William Thackeray

     a sound, swift, well-fed hunter and roadster

   • 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

   • Tennyson

     No keener hunter after glory breathes.

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

demi-hunter fortune hunter

half-hunter white hunter

Related terms

• hunted
• hunting

Translations

person who hunts game

• Albanian: gjahtar (sq) m, gjuetar (sq) m
• Arabic: صَائِد m ‎(ṣāʾid)
• Armenian: որսորդ (hy) ‎(orsord)
• Asturian: cazador m
• Azeri: ovçu (az)
• Bashkir: һунарсы ‎(hunarsï)
• Belarusian: мысьлі́ўца m ‎(mysʹlíŭca)
• Bengali: শিকারী ‎(śikārī)
• Bulgarian: лове́ц (bg) m ‎(lovéc)
• Catalan: caçador m
• Chechen: таллархо ‎(tallarχo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獵人 (zh), 猎人 (zh) ‎(lièrén)

• Czech: lovec (cs) m
• Danish: jæger c
• Dutch: jager (nl) m
• Esperanto: ĉasisto, 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)
• Gujarati: શિકારી f ‎(śikārī)
• Hebrew: צַיָּד (he)
• Hindi: बहेलिया (hi) ‎(bahēliyā)
• Hungarian: vadász (hu)
• Icelandic: veiðimaður m
• Irish: fiagaí m, sealgaire m
• Italian: cacciatore (it) m
• Japanese: 猟師 (ja) ‎(りょうし, ryōshi)
• Korean: 사냥꾼 (ko) ‎(sanyangkkun)
• Latgalian: mednīks m
• Latin: vēnātor m

• Latvian: mednieks m
• Lithuanian: medžiotojas m
• Luxembourgish: Jeeër m
• Macedonian: ло́вец m ‎(lóvec)
• Malay: pemburu
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: naalzheehí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jeger (no) m, veidemann m

  Nynorsk: jeger m, veidemann m, veidar m

• Old Portuguese: caçador
• Persian: شکارچی (fa) ‎(šekârči)
• Polish: myśliwy (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: ловац m

  Roman: lovac (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
• Tamil: வேட்டைக்காரன் (ta) ‎(vēṭṭaikkāraṉ)
• Telugu: వేటగాడు (te) ‎(vēṭagāḍu)
• Turkish: avcı (tr)
• Ukrainian: мисли́вець m ‎(myslývecʹ)
• Venetian: casador m, ghègher m, caẑador m
• Vietnamese: người đi săn

hunting dog

• Dutch: jachthond (nl) m
• French: chien de chasse (fr) m
• Georgian: მონადირე ძაღლი ‎(monadire ʒaɣli)
• Greek: κυνηγόσκυλο (el) n ‎(kynigóskylo)
• Hungarian: vadászkutya (hu)
• Italian: cane da caccia m

• Japanese: 猟犬 ‎(りょうけん, ryōken)
• Portuguese: cão de caça m, sabujo (pt) m
• Swedish: jakthund 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

• Greek: κυνηγός (el) m ‎(kynigós)
• Italian: cacciatore (it)

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

person who searches for something

• French: chercheur (fr) m, chercheuse (fr) f
• Greek: κυνηγός (el) m ‎(kynigós)

• Italian: cercatore (it) m, cercatrice f
• Swedish: sökare c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

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

See also

• Hunter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Middle English

Noun

hunter (plural hunters)

1. hunter

Descendants

• English: hunter