hunter

Syllables: hun·terUK/ˈhʌntə//ˈhʌntɚ/

hunter noun: one who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.

Noun

hunter (plural hunters)

One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
A dog used in hunting; a hunting dog.
- thy intercepter, full of despite, bloody as the hunter, attends thee at the orchard endc. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
- ‘His favourite Hunter who was turned out in the park on his going abroad, somehow or other fell ill […] .’c. 1792–3, Jane Austen, ‘Catharine, or The Bower’, Juvenilia
- a sound, swift, well-bred hunter and roadster1857–1859, 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
One who hunts or seeks after anything.
- The hunter becomes the hunted.
- a fortune hunter
A person who bottles up their aggression and eventually releases it explosively.
- Although their behavior does not have the same impact as hunters, howlers nevertheless distract the public figure and compel security and law enforcement […]2008, J. Reid Meloy, Lorraine Sheridan, Jens Hoffmann, Stalking, Threatening, and Attacking Public Figures, page 121
- 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.2015, Steve Albrecht, Library Security: Better Communication, Safer Facilities
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.

Proper noun capitalized: Hunter

Hunter (countable and uncountable, plural Hunters)

An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a hunter.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A river in New South Wales, Australia; flowing 300 km from the Mount Royal Range within Barrington Tops National Park into the Tasman Sea at Newcastle; named for John Hunter, 2nd Governor of New South Wales.
A river in Western Australia, Australia; flowing 16 km from Donkins Hill near Mitchell River National Park into the Timor Sea; named by Australian explorer Philip Parker King for James Hunter, the surgeon of King's HMS Mermaid.
An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia.
A locality in the City of Greater Bendigo, central Victoria, Australia
A river in northwest Otago, New Zealand; flowing into Lake Hāwea.
A river in Prince Edward Island, Canada; flowing from near Hartville into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence near North Rustico.
A town in Woodruff County, Arkansas.
An unincorporated community in Boone County, Illinois.
A township in Edgar County, Illinois.
A minor city in Mitchell County, Kansas; named for early settler Al Hunter.

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A township in Jackson County, Minnesota.
A census-designated place in Carter County, Missouri; named for early landowner John Hunter.
A ghost town in Elko County, Nevada.
A town and village therein, in Greene County, New York.
A minor city in Cass County, North Dakota; named for local landowner John Hunter.
An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio; named for Ohio congressman W. F. Hunter.
A census-designated place in Franklin Township, Warren County, Ohio.
A town in Garfield County, Oklahoma.
A census-designated place in Carter County, Tennessee.
A town in Sawyer County, Wisconsin.
The constellation Orion.
- But he must ever watch the northern Bear,
  Who from her frozen height with jealous eye
  Confronts the Dog and the Hunter in the south,
  And is alone not dipt in Ocean's stream.1869, Matthew Arnold, Early Poems, Narrative Poems and Sonnets, London: Macmillan and Co., published 1885, page 150
- She betook herself to the bedroom in the western wing, there to lie and watch pale Diana chase the Hunter down the sky.1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 138

hunter meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

hunter in Hindi

person who hunts game: व्याध vyādh, आखेटक ākheṭak, शिकारी śikārī, बहेलिया baheliyā, सय्याद sayyād, सौयाद sauyād

hunter in Tamil

person who hunts game: வேட்டைக்காரன் vēṭṭaikkāraṉ

hunter in Marathi

hunter: शिकारी śikārī

hunter in Urdu

person who hunts game: شِکاری śikārī, صَیّاد sayyād, بَہیلِیا baheliyā, شِکار باز śikār bāz

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hunter in Bengali: শিকারী śikari
hunter in Telugu: వేటగాడు vēṭagāḍu
hunter in Malayalam: വേട്ടക്കാരൻ vēṭṭakkāraṉ, വേടൻ vēṭaṉ
hunter in Kannada: ಅಂಬಿಗ ambiga
hunter in Punjabi: ਸ਼ਿਕਾਰੀ, ਸ਼ਿਕਾਰ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ
hunter in Gujarati: અહેડી aheḍī
hunter in Odia: ଶିକାରୀ śikāri
hunter in Sanskrit: लुब्धक lubdhaka
hunter in Assamese: চিকাৰী sikari
hunter in Nepali: शिकारी śikārī, सिकारी sikārī
hunter in Pashto: صياد sayād
hunter in Tagalog: mangangaso
hunter in Arabic: صَيَّاد ṣayyād, صَائِد ṣāʔid
hunter in Malay: pemburu
hunter in Thai: พราน praan, นายพราน
hunter in Vietnamese: người đi săn, thợ săn
hunter in Myanmar: မုဆိုး mu.hcui:

Examples of hunter in a sentence

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.1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “About the Rightful Mrs. Nutter of the Mills, and How Mr. Mervyn Received the News”, in The House by the...
Henry, laughing, spurs away his hunter under the dripping trees.2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 480:
You know right well, how meek soe'er he seem, / No keener hunter after glory breathes.1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Elaine”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 155:
Offmunson he's called, and a bright young pedigree-hunter has traced his descent from Offa, King of Mercia.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:

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Forms of hunter

Noun
plural	hunters
Proper noun
plural	Hunters

Plural of hunter: hunters

Origin of hunter

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

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Phrases with hunter

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Questions about hunter

What does hunter mean?: Hunter means one who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
What is hunter in Hindi?: Hunter in Hindi is व्याध (vyādh), आखेटक (ākheṭak), शिकारी (śikārī). See Hunter meaning in Hindi.
How do you use hunter in a sentence?: 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.
What part of speech is hunter?: Hunter can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hunter?: Hunter is pronounced /ˈhʌntə/ (UK).
What is the plural of hunter?: The plural of hunter is hunters.

Words near hunter in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: hunter (page history and authors); Hunter (page history and authors); शिकारी (Marathi) (page history and authors); വേട്ടക്കാരൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಅಂಬಿಗ (Kannada) (page history and authors); hunter (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); চিকাৰী (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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