hunter

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. One who hunts game.
2. n. A dog bred or trained for use in hunting.
3. n. A horse, typically a strong fast jumper, that has been bred or trained for use in hunting.
4. n. One who searches for or seeks something: a treasure hunter.
5. n. Hunter green.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. One who hunts; a huntsman; one who engages in the chase of game or other wild animals.
2. n. An animal that hunts game or prey, or is employed in the chase; especially, a horse used in hunting.
3. n. A large cuckoo, Piaya pluvialis, found in Jamaica.
4. n. A spider which hunts for its prey instead of lying in wait for it, as a lycosid or wolf-spider. Also called hunting-spider.
5. n. A watch having a double case, that is, two single covers, one covering the works and the other the dial; a hunting-watch. Many antique watches were made with two distinct parts, the one an inner watch with a back of metal and a face of glass, and the other an outer case with only one metal back. In this manner the watch could be used as an open face, or else the dial or glass side of the watch could be reversed and thus protected by its hunting-case.

Wiktionary

1. n. A person who hunts game.
2. n. A hunting dog.
3. n. A hunting horse.
4. n. A person who pursues someone.
5. n. A person who searches for something.
6. n. en.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman.
2. n. A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog.
3. n. A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
4. n. One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game.
5. n. A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting.
6. n. A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal
2. n. someone who hunts game
3. n. a person who searches for something
4. n. a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel