online medical dictionary | definition of hunter

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. <zoology> 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.

<mechanics> Hunter's screw, a differential screw, so named from the inventor. See Differential.

(01 Mar 1998)