Hunter /(?)/

Hunt·er

Hunter

n.
  1. One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman.
  2. A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog.
  3. A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
  4. One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as, a fortune hunter a place hunter.
    No keener hunter after glory breathes.
  5. A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting. (Zool.)
  6. A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover.

Phrases & Compounds
Hunter's room
the lunation after the harvest moon.
Hunter's screw
a differential screw, so named from the inventor. See under Differential.