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hunter

hun·ter/ˈhʌntɚ/noun

hunter is spelled H-U-N-T-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (hun·ter). It appears 23 times per million words in written English, the 3,814th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hunter means “One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hunter is hunters.

How many letters and syllables are in hunter?

Letters6: H-U-N-T-E-R
Syllables2: hun·ter
In writing23 times per million words; the 3,814th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is hunter?

Hunter appears 23 times per million words in written English, the 3,814th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce hunter?

  • UK /ˈhʌntə/
  • US /ˈhʌntɚ/
  • US [ˈhʌɾ̃ɚ]

Hunter has 2 syllables, split hun·ter in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-hunter.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of hunter

  • hunters plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does hunter mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.

  2. 2

    A dog used in hunting; a hunting dog.

  3. 3

    A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.

    ‘His favourite Hunter who was turned out in the park on his going abroad, somehow or other fell ill […] .’

  4. 4

    One who hunts or seeks after anything.

    The hunter becomes the hunted.

  5. 5

    A person who bottles up their aggression and eventually releases it explosively.

  6. 6

    A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.

  7. 7

    A pocket watch with a spring-hinged circular metal cover that closes over the dial and crystal, protecting them from dust and scratches.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Hunter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchchasseur (person who hunts game), chien de chasse (hunting dog – see also hunting dog), cheval de chasse (hunting horse), chercheur, chercheuse (person who searches for something)
GermanJäger (person who hunts game), Jagdhund (hunting dog – see also hunting dog), Verfolger (person who pursues someone)
Portuguesecaçador (person who hunts game), cão de caça, sabujo (hunting dog – see also hunting dog), cavalo de caça (hunting horse), buscador, buscadora (person who searches for something)
Spanishcazador (person who hunts game), perro de caza (hunting dog – see also hunting dog), buscador, buscadora (person who searches for something)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does hunter come from?

From Middle English huntere, hunter, equivalent to hunt + -er. Compare Old English hunta (“hunter”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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