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name
An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a hunter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A placename
A place in Australia:
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A placename
A place in Australia:
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A placename
A place in Australia:
An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
A place in Australia:
A locality in the City of Greater Bendigo, central Victoria, Australia
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A placename
A river in northwest Otago, New Zealand; flowing into Lake Hāwea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A placename
A river in Prince Edward Island, Canada; flowing from near Hartville into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence near North Rustico.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A placename
A locale in the United States:
A town in Woodruff County, Arkansas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A placename
A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Boone County, Illinois.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A placename
A locale in the United States:
A township in Edgar County, Illinois.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A placename
A locale in the United States:
A minor city in Mitchell County, Kansas; named for early settler Al Hunter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A placename
A locale in the United States:
A township in Jackson County, Minnesota.
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name
A placename
A locale in the United States:
A census-designated place in Carter County, Missouri; named for early landowner John Hunter.
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name
A placename
A locale in the United States:
A ghost town in Elko County, Nevada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A placename
A locale in the United States:
A town and village therein, in Greene County, New York.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A placename
A locale in the United States:
A minor city in Cass County, North Dakota; named for local landowner John Hunter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A placename
A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio; named for Ohio congressman W. F. Hunter.
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name
A placename
A locale in the United States:
A census-designated place in Franklin Township, Warren County, Ohio.
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name
A placename
A locale in the United States:
A town in Garfield County, Oklahoma.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A placename
A locale in the United States:
A census-designated place in Carter County, Tennessee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A placename
A locale in the United States:
A town in Sawyer County, Wisconsin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
The constellation Orion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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noun
One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A dog used in hunting; a hunting dog.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
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noun
One who hunts or seeks after anything.
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noun
A person who bottles up their aggression and eventually releases it explosively.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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noun
A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.
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noun
A pocket watch with a spring-hinged circular metal cover that closes over the dial and crystal, protecting them from dust and scratches.
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noun
a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hunting watch
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Broader terms: watch, ticker
noun
a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Orion
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Broader terms: diffuse nebula, gaseous nebula, constellation
noun
someone who hunts game
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: huntsman
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman
Narrower terms: bounty hunter, courser, deer hunter, duck hunter, falconer, hawker, fowler, huntress, lion-hunter, pothunter, snarer, stalker, tracker, trapper, Nimrod
noun
a person who searches for something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: seeker, searcher, quester
Narrower terms: forager
History
From hunter.
From Middle English huntere, hunter, equivalent to hunt + -er. Compare Old English hunta (“hunter”).
Across languages
237 source translations are retained for this English entry.
