Hunt·er 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.   --Tennyson.
 5. Zool. A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting.
 6. 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.
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