Hunter Meaning
/ˈhʌntə/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOne who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
nounA dog used in hunting; a hunting dog.
Sentence Examples
The hunter cannot exist without the hunted.
The hunter aimed a shotgun at the flock of birds.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The skilled ____ tracked the deer through the forest with a rifle.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The experienced ____ tracked the elusive deer through the thick forest for several hours.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English huntere, hunter, equivalent to hunt + -er. Compare Old English hunta (“hunter”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"thy intercepter, full of despite, bloody as the hunter, attends thee at the orchard end"
— c. 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 Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
"a sound, swift, well-bred hunter and roadster"
— 1857–1859, 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:
"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 Church-yard. […], volume III, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 258:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The skilled ____ tracked the deer through the forest with a rifle.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The experienced ____ tracked the elusive deer through the thick forest for several hours.