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. (Zoöl.) 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.
