Meaning of Hunter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a hunter.
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2. One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
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4. A dog used in hunting; a hunting dog.
5. A placename
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6. A place in Australia:
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7. 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.
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8. A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
9. 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.
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10. One who hunts or seeks after anything.
11. An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia.
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12. A person who bottles up their aggression and eventually releases it explosively.
13. A locality in the City of Greater Bendigo, central Victoria, Australia
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14. A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.
15. A river in northwest Otago, New Zealand; flowing into Lake Hāwea.
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16. A pocket watch with a spring-hinged circular metal cover that closes over the dial and crystal, protecting them from dust and scratches.
17. A river in Prince Edward Island, Canada; flowing from near Hartville into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence near North Rustico.
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18. A locale in the United States:
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19. A town in Woodruff County, Arkansas.
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20. An unincorporated community in Boone County, Illinois.
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21. A township in Edgar County, Illinois.
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22. A minor city in Mitchell County, Kansas; named for early settler Al Hunter.
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23. A township in Jackson County, Minnesota.
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24. A census-designated place in Carter County, Missouri; named for early landowner John Hunter.
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25. A ghost town in Elko County, Nevada.
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26. A town and village therein, in Greene County, New York.
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27. A minor city in Cass County, North Dakota; named for local landowner John Hunter.
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28. An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio; named for Ohio congressman W. F. Hunter.
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29. A census-designated place in Franklin Township, Warren County, Ohio.
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30. A town in Garfield County, Oklahoma.
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31. A census-designated place in Carter County, Tennessee.
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32. A town in Sawyer County, Wisconsin.
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33. The constellation Orion.
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Equivalents

Examples

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

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

“a sound, swift, well-bred hunter and roadster”

“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.”

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

“The hunter becomes the hunted.”

“a fortune hunter”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“She betook herself to the bedroom in the western wing, there to lie and watch pale Diana chase the Hunter down the sky.”

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