hunter

Noun
  1. Someone who hunts game (synset 110212645)
    is a type of: skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills
    subtypes:
    • bounty hunter - a hunter who kills predatory wild animals in order to collect a bounty
    • courser - a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey
    • deer hunter - hunter of deer
    • duck hunter - hunter of ducks
    • falconer, hawker - a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
    • fowler - someone who hunts wild birds for food
    • huntress - a woman hunter
    • lion-hunter - someone who hunts lions
    • pothunter - someone who hunts for food (not for sport)
    • snarer - someone who sets snares for birds or small animals
    • stalker - someone who stalks game
    • tracker - someone who tracks down game
    • trapper - someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs)
    specific instances: nimrod - (Old Testament) a famous hunter
    same as: huntsman
  2. A person who searches for something (synset 110213338)
    "a treasure hunter"
    is a type of: quester, searcher, seeker - someone making a search or inquiry
    subtypes: forager - someone who hunts for food and provisions
  3. A constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus;
    Contains Betelgeuse and Rigel (synset 109403029)
    is a type of: diffuse nebula, gaseous nebula - a cluster of stars within an intricate cloud of gas and dust
    is an instance of: constellation - a configuration of stars as seen from the earth
    member holonym: alpha orionis, betelgeuse - the second brightest star in Orion
    same as: orion
  4. A watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal (synset 103554530)
    is a type of: ticker, watch - a small portable timepiece
    same as: hunting watch

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