資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hunter \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. --Shak.

   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. (Zo["o]l.) 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}.