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hunter

/ˈhʌntə/HUHN-tur
/ˈhʌntɚ/HUHN-tur

Meaningone who hunts

Common meaning: a person or animal that hunts

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishhuntiansourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishhuntensource
  3. Englishhunt‘to chase wild animals’
  4. Englishformed in English from hunthunter‘a person or animal that hunts’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from hunt + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), HUNT, p.276 · scan

Source words

  • huntian Old English · source word “chasing game”

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