Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person who hunts game:
Русский
By meaning 2
person who hunts game:
hunting dog — see also hunting dog:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
person who hunts game:
hunting dog — see also hunting dog:
person who pursues someone:

Examples

209 sentences

  1. The hunter aimed at the bird, but missed.

    Мисливець цілив в птаха, але не влучив. — ascolto

    ruОхотник целился в птицу, но промахнулся. — marafon

    deDer Jäger visierte den Vogel an, verfehlte ihn aber. — Sudajaengi

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  2. Tom is a hunter.

    Том мисливець. — deniko

    ruТом охотник. — odexed

    deTom ist Jäger. — Felixjp

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  3. The hunter shot a bear.

    Мисливець застрелив ведмедя. — deniko

    ruОхотник выстрелил в медведя. — Hayabusa

    deDer Jäger erschoss einen Bären. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Meaning

7 senses

  1. One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.

    Jäger

    охо́тникoxótnik, лове́цlovéc

    мисли́вецьmyslývecʹ, лове́цьlovécʹ

    someone who hunts game

  2. A pocket watch with a spring-hinged circular metal cover that closes over the dial and crystal, protecting them from dust and scratches.

    a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal

  3. A dog used in hunting; a hunting dog.

    Jagdhund

    охо́тничья соба́каoxótničʹja sobáka

More meanings 4

  1. A person who bottles up their aggression and eventually releases it explosively.

    Jäger, Verfolger

  2. A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.

  3. One who hunts or seeks after anything.

    The hunter becomes the hunted.

    a fortune hunter

  4. A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.

Origin

From Middle English huntere, hunter, equivalent to hunt + -er. Compare Old English hunta (

From Middle English huntere, hunter, equivalent to hunt + -er. Compare Old English hunta (“hunter”).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: hunters
Singularhunter
Pluralhunters

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel:Orion
  • a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal:hunting watch

Word family

68 related words
RelatedhuntB1huntingB2huntedhuntresshuntsman
Derivedantihunterbargain hunterberryhunterbookhunterbounty hunterbowhunterbug-huntercaterpillar huntercool huntercyclone hunterdeath-hunterdemi-hunterdemon hunterdinosaur hunterdog hunterdung-hunterfoxhunterghosthunterglitch hunterglory hunterhalf-hunterheadhunterhouse-hunterhunter eyes

Collocations

3 patterns
  • bounty hunter
  • the hunter aimed
  • hunter aimed

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hunkyhuntB1huntingB2huntsmanhurdle

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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