Hunter
nounA person or animal that pursues and kills wild animals, or by extension someone who searches keenly for something.
How to spell hunter
6 letters · 2 syllables
How to pronounce hunter
Say the part in capitals loudest.
What does hunter mean?
- nounA person or animal that pursues and kills wild animals, or by extension someone who searches keenly for something.
Hunter in a sentence
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The hunter tracked the deer through the frosted woods at dawn.
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As a keen bargain hunter, she scanned the sale racks every week.
Where does hunter come from?
Language of origin: Germanic
This word comes straight from native English roots. The verb 'hunt' descends from the Old English 'huntian', meaning 'to chase or pursue game', which is related to older Germanic words for seizing or capturing. Adding the agent suffix '-er', a familiar Old English ending that turns a verb into the doer of an action, produced 'huntere', someone who hunts. The word has stayed remarkably stable across the centuries, both in spelling and in sense, although it has broadened from people who chase animals to anyone who pursues something keenly, as in a 'bargain hunter' or a 'job hunter'. Because every part is plain and phonetic, there is no hidden trap, which is exactly why it sits at the easy end of the spelling scale.
How the word is built
- hunt (to pursue and catch)
- -er (agent suffix: one who does)
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