Meaning of hunter-gather | Babel Free

Definitions

To be a hunter-gatherer; to hunt (animals) and gather (edible plants) for food.

ambitransitive

Examples

“A study from the University of Utah (surely one of the middle-American desert's most respected seats of learning) finds that prehistoric man only managed to hunter-gather at the rate of one large animal per month.”

“[T]he last of the wild Colorado elk was hunter-gathered by a table of wine-tasting bankers.”

“Deprived of the freedom to hunter-gather at will across the great open plains of the British High Street, I’ve learned much of what I need I already possess in my metaphorical cave.”

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