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hunter-gatherer

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A member of a group of people who live by hunting animals and gathering edible plants for their main food sources, and who do not keep animals or farm land.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

a member of a hunting and gathering society

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: savage, barbarian

History

Etymology

From hunter + gatherer.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: ehiztari-biltzaile — person whose main food source is hunting and gathering
  • Catalan: caçador-recol·lector — person whose main food source is hunting and gathering
  • Chinese Mandarin: 狩獵採集者 /狩猎采集者 (shòuliè cǎijí zhě) — person whose main food source is hunting and gathering
  • Chinese Mandarin: 狩獵採集民 /狩猎采集民 (shòuliè cǎijí mín) — person whose main food source is hunting and gathering
  • Dutch: jager-verzamelaar — person whose main food source is hunting and gathering
  • Finnish: metsästäjä-keräilijä — person whose main food source is hunting and gathering
  • French: chasseur-cueilleur — person whose main food source is hunting and gathering
  • German: Jäger und Sammler — person whose main food source is hunting and gathering
  • German: Wild- und Feldbeuter — person whose main food source is hunting and gathering
  • German: Wildbeuter und Feldbeuter — person whose main food source is hunting and gathering
  • Greek: κυνηγός-συλλέκτης (kynigós-sylléktis) — person whose main food source is hunting and gathering
  • Greek: τροφοσυλλέκτης (trofosylléktis) — person whose main food source is hunting and gathering
  • Hungarian: vadászó-gyűjtögető — person whose main food source is hunting and gathering
  • Irish: fiagaí cnuasaitheoir — person whose main food source is hunting and gathering
  • Italian: cacciatore-raccoglitore — person whose main food source is hunting and gathering
  • Japanese: 狩猟採集民 (shuryō saishūmin) — person whose main food source is hunting and gathering
  • Korean: 수렵채집민 (suryeopchaejimmin) — person whose main food source is hunting and gathering
  • Polish: łowca-zbieracz — person whose main food source is hunting and gathering
  • Portuguese: caçador-recoletor — person whose main food source is hunting and gathering
  • Portuguese: caçador-coletor — person whose main food source is hunting and gathering
  • Romansh: chatschader e rimnader — person whose main food source is hunting and gathering
  • Russian: охо́тник-собира́тель (oxótnik-sobirátelʹ) — person whose main food source is hunting and gathering
  • Spanish: cazador-recolector — person whose main food source is hunting and gathering
  • Thai: คนเก็บของป่าล่าสัตว์ — person whose main food source is hunting and gathering
  • Welsh: heliwr-gasglwr — person whose main food source is hunting and gathering
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