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