English-Thai Dictionary

hunter

N พราน  นัก ล่าสัตว์  pran

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HUNTER

n.One who pursues wild animals with a view to take them, either for sport or for food. 1. A dog that scents game, or is employed in the chase.
2. A horse used in the chase.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HUNTER

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. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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.

 

HUNTERIAN

HUNTERIAN Hun *te "ri *an, a.

 

Defn: Discovered or described by John Hunter, an English surgeon; as, the Hunterian chancre. See Chancre.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

hunter

hunt er |ˈhən (t )ər ˈhən (t )ər | ▶noun 1 a person or animal that hunts: a deer hunter. • a person searching for something: a bargain hunter. • a horse of a breed developed for stamina in fox hunting and ability to jump obstacles. • ( the Hunter ) the constellation Orion. 2 a watch with a hinged cover protecting the glass.

 

Hunter, John

Hunt ¦er |ˈhʌntə | (1728 –93 ), Scottish anatomist, regarded as a founder of scientific surgery. He also made valuable investigations in pathology, physiology, dentistry, and biology.

 

hunter-gatherer

hunt er-gath er er |ˈˌhən (t )ər ˈɡæð (ə )rər | ▶noun a member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting, fishing, and harvesting wild food.

 

hunter-killer

hunt er-kill er ▶adjective (of a naval vessel, esp. a submarine ) equipped to locate and destroy enemy vessels, esp. other submarines.

 

hunter's moon

hunt er's moon ▶noun the first full moon after a harvest moon.

 

Oxford Dictionary

hunter

hunt ¦er |ˈhʌntə | ▶noun 1 a person or animal that hunts: a deer hunter. • a person searching for something: a bargain hunter. • a horse of a breed developed for stamina in fox-hunting and ability to jump obstacles. • ( the Hunter ) the constellation Orion. 2 a watch with a hinged cover protecting the glass.

 

Hunter, John

Hunt ¦er |ˈhʌntə | (1728 –93 ), Scottish anatomist, regarded as a founder of scientific surgery. He also made valuable investigations in pathology, physiology, dentistry, and biology.

 

hunter-gatherer

hunter-gather ¦er ▶noun a member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting and fishing, and harvesting wild food.

 

hunter-killer

hunter-killer ▶adjective (of a naval vessel, especially a submarine ) equipped to locate and destroy enemy vessels, especially other submarines.

 

hunter's moon

hunt ¦er's moon ▶noun the first full moon after a harvest moon.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

hunter

hunter noun many local hunters support stricter gun laws: huntsman, huntswoman, trapper, stalker, woodsman; nimrod; predator; Orion. USAGE See nimrod . Usage notes show additional guidance on finer points of English usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

hunter

hunter noun huntsman, huntswoman, stalker, trapper, woodsman; nimrod, Orion; predator; French chasseur; Indian shikari; rare venator, venerer.

 

Duden Dictionary

Hunter

Hun ter Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈhantɐ |der Hunter; Genitiv: des Hunters, Plural: die Hunter englisch hunter, eigentlich = Jäger 1 Reitsport ursprünglich in England und Irland gezüchtetes, robustes, muskulöses Jagdpferd 2 englischer Jagdhund

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

hunter

hunt er /hʌ́ntə r /→hunt 名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 C 猟師 ; 狩りをする人 [獣 ] (!｟英 ｠では馬に乗ってキツネを狩る人には用いない; →hunt 名詞 3 ) .2 C 〖通例複合語で 〗探求者 , あさる人 ▸ a bargain hunter 特売品をあさる人 ▸ an autograph hunter 有名人のサインを集める人 ▸ a souvenir hunter 旅の記念品を買い集める人 3 C ｟米 ｠猟犬 ; ｟英 ｠(キツネ狩り用の )猟馬 .4 ＝hunting watch .5 〖the H- 〗〘天 〙オリオン座 (Orion ).～̀ 's m ó on 〖the ～〗狩猟月 〘harvest moonに続く最初の満月; このころ狩猟期にはいる 〙.