hunter

Definitions

1. 1.A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog. Shak.
2. 2.A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
3. 3.One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as, a fortune hunter a place hunter. No keener hunter after glory breathes. Tennyson.
4. 4.(Zoöl.) A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting.
5. 5.A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover. Hunter's room, the lunation after the harvest moon. -- Hunter's screw (Mech.), a differential screw, so named from the inventor. See under Differential.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog. Shak called?
• What is a horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting called?
• What is one who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as, a fortune hunter a place hunter. No keener hunter after glory breathes. Tennyson called?
• What is a kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting called?