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Meaning
Noun
●
In People:
One who
hunts
game
for
sport
or for food; a
huntsman
or
hunts
woman.
●
A
dog
used in hunting.
●
In People:
A
horse
used in
hunting
, especially a
thoroughbred
,
bred
and
trained
for
hunting
.
●
In People:
One who
hunts
or
seeks
after anything.
●
In Psychology & People:
A person who
bottles up
their
aggression
and
eventually
releases
it explosively.
●
In People & Spiders:
A
kind of
spider
, the
huntsman
or
hunting
spider
.
●
A
pocket watch
with a spring-hinged
circular
metal
cover
that
closes
over the
dial
and
crystal
,
protecting
them from
dust
and scratches.
Name
●
An English and Scottish
surname
originating
as an
occupation
for a hunter.
●
A
male
given name
transferred
from the surname.
●
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.
●
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.
●
A placename
A place in Australia
An
electoral
division
in New South Wales, Australia
●
A placename
A
river
in
northwest
Otago, New Zealand;
flowing
into Lake Hāwea.
●
A placename
A
river
in Prince Edward Island, Canada;
flowing
from
near
Hartville into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence
near
North Rustico.
●
A placename
A
locale
in the United States.
A
city
in Kansas;
named
for early
settler
Al Hunter.
●
A placename
A
locale
in the United States.
A
city
in South Dakota;
named
for local
landowner
John Hunter.
●
A placename
A
locale
in the United States.
A
town
in Arkansas.
●
A placename
A
locale
in the United States.
A
town
in New York, and a
village
within that
town
.
●
A placename
A
locale
in the United States.
A
town
in Oklahoma.
●
A placename
A
locale
in the United States.
A
town
in Wisconsin.
●
A placename
A
locale
in the United States.
A
census-designated place
in Warren County, Ohio.
●
A placename
A
locale
in the United States.
A
census-designated place
in Missouri;
named
for early
landowner
John Hunter.
●
A placename
A
locale
in the United States.
A
census-designated place
in Tennessee.
●
A placename
A
locale
in the United States.
An
unincorporated
community
in Belmont County, Ohio;
named
f
or Ohio
congressman
W. F. Hunter.
●
A placename
A
locale
in the United States.
A
ghost town
in Nevada.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
hunter
English
-er
English
-er
Middle English (1100-1500)
-eren
Middle English (1100-1500)
-or
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
-ra
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
hunt
English
hunten
Middle English (1100-1500)
huntian
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
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