'Hunter' definitions:

Definition of 'hunter'

(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who hunts game [syn: hunter, huntsman]
noun
A person who searches for something; "a treasure hunter"
noun
A constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel [syn: Orion, Hunter]
noun
A watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal [syn: hunter, hunting watch]

Definition of 'Hunter'

From: GCIDE
  • Hunter \Hunt"er\, n.
  • 1. One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as, a fortune hunter a place hunter. [1913 Webster]
  • No keener hunter after glory breathes. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Zool.) A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover. [1913 Webster]
  • Hunter's room, the lunation after the harvest moon.
  • Hunter's screw (Mech.), a differential screw, so named from the inventor. See under Differential. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'hunter'

From: GCIDE
  • Watch \Watch\ (w[o^]ch), n. [OE. wacche, AS. w[ae]cce, fr. wacian to wake; akin to D. wacht, waak, G. wacht, wache. [root]134. See Wake, v. i. ] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night. [1913 Webster]
  • Shepherds keeping watch by night. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • All the long night their mournful watch they keep. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Watch was formerly distinguished from ward, the former signifying a watching or guarding by night, and the latter a watching, guarding, or protecting by day Hence, they were not unfrequently used together, especially in the phrase to keep watch and ward, to denote continuous and uninterrupted vigilance or protection, or both watching and guarding. This distinction is now rarely recognized, watch being used to signify a watching or guarding both by night and by day, and ward, which is now rarely used, having simply the meaning of guard, or protection, without reference to time. [1913 Webster]
  • Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • Ward, guard, or custodia, is chiefly applied to the daytime, in order to apprehend rioters, and robbers on the highway . . . Watch, is properly applicable to the night only, . . . and it begins when ward ends, and ends when that begins. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard. [1913 Webster]
  • Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch; go your way, make it as sure as ye can. --Matt. xxvii. 65. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept. [1913 Webster]
  • He upbraids Iago, that he made him Brave me upon the watch. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night. [1913 Webster]
  • I did stand my watch upon the hill. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Might we but hear . . . Or whistle from the lodge, or village cock Count the night watches to his feathery dames. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Watches are often distinguished by the kind of escapement used, as an anchor watch, a lever watch, a chronometer watch, etc. (see the Note under Escapement, n., 3); also, by the kind of case, as a gold or silver watch, an open-faced watch, a hunting watch, or hunter, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Naut.) (a) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch. (b) That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and the {starboard watch}. [1913 Webster]
  • Anchor watch (Naut.), a detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck when a vessel is at anchor.
  • To be on the watch, to be looking steadily for some event.
  • Watch and ward (Law), the charge or care of certain officers to keep a watch by night and a guard by day in towns, cities, and other districts, for the preservation of the public peace. --Wharton. --Burrill.
  • Watch and watch (Naut.), the regular alternation in being on watch and off watch of the two watches into which a ship's crew is commonly divided.
  • Watch barrel, the brass box in a watch, containing the mainspring.
  • Watch bell (Naut.), a bell struck when the half-hour glass is run out, or at the end of each half hour. --Craig.
  • Watch bill (Naut.), a list of the officers and crew of a ship as divided into watches, with their stations. --Totten.
  • Watch case, the case, or outside covering, of a watch; also, a case for holding a watch, or in which it is kept.
  • Watch chain. Same as watch guard, below.
  • Watch clock, a watchman's clock; see under Watchman.
  • Watch fire, a fire lighted at night, as a signal, or for the use of a watch or guard.
  • Watch glass. (a) A concavo-convex glass for covering the face, or dial, of a watch; -- also called watch crystal. (b) (Naut.) A half-hour glass used to measure the time of a watch on deck.
  • Watch guard, a chain or cord by which a watch is attached to the person.
  • Watch gun (Naut.), a gun sometimes fired on shipboard at 8 p. m., when the night watch begins.
  • Watch light, a low-burning lamp used by watchers at night; formerly, a candle having a rush wick.
  • Watch night, The last night of the year; -- so called by the Methodists, Moravians, and others, who observe it by holding religious meetings lasting until after midnight.
  • Watch paper, an old-fashioned ornament for the inside of a watch case, made of paper cut in some fanciful design, as a vase with flowers, etc.
  • Watch tackle (Naut.), a small, handy purchase, consisting of a tailed double block, and a single block with a hook. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'hunter'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Hunter, AR -- U.S. town in Arkansas

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Hunter, AR -- U.S. town in Arkansas
Population (2000) :
152
Housing Units (2000) :
77
Land area (2000) :
0.625739 sq. miles (1.620657 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.625739 sq. miles (1.620657 sq. km)
FIPS code :
33910
Located within :
Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location :
35.054256 N, 91.126122 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Hunter, NY -- U.S. village in New York

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Hunter, NY -- U.S. village in New York
Population (2000) :
490
Housing Units (2000) :
639
Land area (2000) :
1.617150 sq. miles (4.188400 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.034850 sq. miles (0.090260 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.652000 sq. miles (4.278660 sq. km)
FIPS code :
36167
Located within :
New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location :
42.208549 N, 74.213980 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
12442
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Hunter, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Hunter, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000) :
326
Housing Units (2000) :
160
Land area (2000) :
1.535111 sq. miles (3.975920 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.012750 sq. miles (0.033022 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.547861 sq. miles (4.008942 sq. km)
FIPS code :
39460
Located within :
North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location :
47.191046 N, 97.216626 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
58048
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Hunter, OH -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Ohio

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Hunter, OH -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Ohio
Population (2000) :
1737
Housing Units (2000) :
692
Land area (2000) :
1.605719 sq. miles (4.158792 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.605719 sq. miles (4.158792 sq. km)
FIPS code :
36806
Located within :
Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location :
39.493322 N, 84.289992 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Hunter, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Hunter, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000) :
173
Housing Units (2000) :
96
Land area (2000) :
0.245518 sq. miles (0.635889 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.245518 sq. miles (0.635889 sq. km)
FIPS code :
36600
Located within :
Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location :
36.563118 N, 97.660669 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
74640
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Hunter, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Hunter, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000) :
77
Housing Units (2000) :
57
Land area (2000) :
0.211765 sq. miles (0.548468 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.211765 sq. miles (0.548468 sq. km)
FIPS code :
33525
Located within :
Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location :
39.234632 N, 98.395944 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
67452
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Hunter, TN -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Tennessee

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Hunter, TN -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Tennessee
Population (2000) :
1566
Housing Units (2000) :
729
Land area (2000) :
6.144272 sq. miles (15.913590 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.027762 sq. miles (0.071904 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
6.172034 sq. miles (15.985494 sq. km)
FIPS code :
36500
Located within :
Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
Location :
36.376630 N, 82.155032 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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