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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a people subsisting in the wild on food obtained by hunting and foraging.
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- noun A
member of a group of people who live byhunting animals andgathering edible plants for their main food sources, and who do not keep animals orfarm land .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of a hunting and gathering society
Etymologies
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hunter + gatherer
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