as in archers
a person who hunts game
hunters must have a license to shoot deer
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Recent Examples of hunters
This discovery shifts the blame for the woolly rhino’s demise away from prehistoric hunters.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026
Evolutionary biologists have long debated whether hunters or climate change ultimately doomed the woolly rhinoceros.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 14 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, bargain-loving house hunters should prefer cooler locales.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026
The Pretendian hunters were not always interested in a full accounting of the facts before pronouncing a person legitimately Native or a fraud.
—David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
The company was created to provide durable and functional garments for hunters, lumberjacks and railway workers.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 13 Jan. 2026
According to Eagle County’s Strategic Director of Communications Justin Patrick, there have been around eight instances per year of hunters hunting on county open spaces closed to hunting.
—The Aspen Times, Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2026
Nemeth was one of 52 hunters to kill a Florida black bear out of 172 permits issued during the state’s first hunt in a decade, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission figures.
—Zoey Thomas, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
Lynxes are also opportunistic hunters, which vibed with what the Lynxley family was doing in Zootopia, and their size is not too intimidating.
—Carole Horst, Variety, 12 Jan. 2026
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“Hunters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunters. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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