Definition of hunter

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Hunter (n.) A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog..

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Beater :: Beater (n.) A person who beats up game for the hunters.
Camp :: Camp (n.) A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp..
Widow-hunter :: Widow-hunter (n.) One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune..
Shikari :: Shikari (n.) A sportsman; esp., a native hunter..
Bloodhound :: Bloodhound (n.) A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff..
Roadster :: Roadster (n.) A hunter who keeps to the roads instead of following the hounds across country.
Chase :: Chase (v. t.) To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game..
Trail :: Trail (n.) A track left by man or beast; a track followed by the hunter; a scent on the ground by the animal pursued; as, a deer trail..
Chancre :: Chancre (n.) A venereal sore or ulcer; specifically, the initial lesion of true syphilis, whether forming a distinct ulcer or not; -- called also hard chancre, indurated chancre, and Hunterian chancre..
Hunte :: Hunte (n.) A hunter.
Crane :: Crane (v. i.) to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap..
Boothy :: Boothy (n.) A wooden hut or humble cot, esp. a rude hut or barrack for unmarried farm servants; a shepherd's or hunter's hut; a booth..
Hunterian :: Hunterian (a.) Discovered or described by John Hunter, an English surgeon; as, the Hunterian chancre. See Chancre..
Huntsmanship :: Huntsmanship (n.) The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter..
Hunter :: Hunter (n.) A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover..
Woodman :: Woodman (n.) A sportsman; a hunter.
Hunter :: Hunter (n.) A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog..
Stalking-horse :: Stalking-horse (n.) A horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to kill..
Bugle :: Bugle (n.) A horn used by hunters.
Hunter :: Hunter (n.) One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as, a fortune hunter a place hunter..
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