hunter

hunter
    n 1: someone who hunts game [syn: {hunter}, {huntsman}]
    2: a person who searches for something; "a treasure hunter"
    3: a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus;
       contains Betelgeuse and Rigel [syn: {Orion}, {Hunter}]
    4: a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal [syn:
       {hunter}, {hunting watch}]
    

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

   {Hunter's screw} (Mech.), a differential screw, so named from
      the inventor. See under {Differential}.
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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. ]
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   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.
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            Shepherds keeping watch by night.     --Milton.
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            All the long night their mournful watch they keep.
                                                  --Addison.
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   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.
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               Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and
               ward.                              --Spenser.
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               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.
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   2. One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body
      of watchmen; a sentry; a guard.
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            Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch; go your way,
            make it as sure as ye can.            --Matt. xxvii.
                                                  65.
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   3. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a
      watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
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            He upbraids Iago, that he made him
            Brave me upon the watch.              --Shak.
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   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.
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            I did stand my watch upon the hill.   --Shak.
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            Might we but hear . . .
            Or whistle from the lodge, or village cock
            Count the night watches to his feathery dames.
                                                  --Milton.
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   5. A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the
      person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.
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   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.
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   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}.
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   {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.
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Hunter, AR (town, FIPS 33910)
  Location: 35.05336 N, 91.12274 W
  Population (1990): 137 (79 housing units)
  Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Hunter, KS (city, FIPS 33525)
  Location: 39.23560 N, 98.39561 W
  Population (1990): 116 (69 housing units)
  Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 67452
Hunter, ND (city, FIPS 39460)
  Location: 47.19211 N, 97.21627 W
  Population (1990): 341 (168 housing units)
  Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 58048
Hunter, NY (village, FIPS 36167)
  Location: 42.21124 N, 74.21567 W
  Population (1990): 429 (682 housing units)
  Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 12442
Hunter, OK (town, FIPS 36600)
  Location: 36.56402 N, 97.66244 W
  Population (1990): 218 (99 housing units)
  Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 74640
Hunter, TN (CDP, FIPS 36500)
  Location: 36.37878 N, 82.16334 W
  Population (1990): 1250 (547 housing units)
  Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
    

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
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Hunter, AR
    Hunter
    

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.
   Headwords:
    Hunter, NY
    Hunter
    

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.
   Headwords:
    Hunter, ND
    Hunter
    

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
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Hunter, OH
    Hunter
    

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.
   Headwords:
    Hunter, OK
    Hunter
    

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.
   Headwords:
    Hunter, KS
    Hunter
    

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
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Hunter, TN
    Hunter
    

100 Moby Thesaurus words for "hunter":
      Nimrod, Orion, archer, artilleryman, beater, bidet,
      big game hunter, bird dog, bowman, cannoneer, carabineer,
      carriage horse, cart horse, cavalry horse, chaser, courser,
      crack shot, dead shot, deadeye, delver, digger, draft horse,
      dray horse, driving horse, field dog, fill horse, filler, follower,
      gigster, good shot, gun, gun dog, gunman, gunner, hack, hackney,
      hunting dog, huntress, huntsman, jacker, jacklighter, jument, lead,
      leader, marksman, markswoman, mount, musketeer, pack horse,
      palfrey, perquisitor, plow horse, pole horse, polo pony,
      post-horse, pursuant, pursuer, quester, ransacker, remount,
      research worker, researcher, researchist, rider, riding horse,
      rifleman, road horse, roadster, rouncy, rummager, saddle horse,
      saddler, searcher, seeker, shaft horse, sharpshooter, shikari,
      shooter, shot, sniper, sporting dog, sportsman, sportswoman,
      stalker, stalking-horse, sumpter, sumpter horse, targetshooter,
      thill horse, thiller, toxophilite, tracker, trapper, trapshooter,
      water dog, wheeler, wheelhorse, white hunter, workhorse, zetetic