hunters

Noun

hunter (plural hunters)

1. One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
2. 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...
3. 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
4. One who hunts or seeks after anything.
   • The hunter becomes the hunted.
5. 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
6. A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.

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