Follower vs Hunter - What's the difference?
follower | hunter | Synonyms |
(literally) One who follows, comes after another.
Something that comes after another thing.
One who is a part of master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer.
One who follows mentally, adherer to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another, a movement etc.
An imitator, who follows another's example
A pursuer.
A machine part receiving motion from another
A man courting a maidservant.
Young cattle.
A metal piece placed at the top of a candle to keep the wax melting evenly.
(Australian rules football) Any of the three players (the ruckman, ruck rover, and rover) who usually follow the ball around the ground rather than occupying a fixed position.
(colloquial, dated) A debt collector.
One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
A dog used in hunting.
A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
* 2009 , Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 480:
One who hunts or seeks after anything.
* Tennyson
A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.
A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover.
Follower is a synonym of hunter.
As a noun follower
is (literally) one who follows, comes after another.As a proper noun hunter is
for a hunter.follower
English
(wikipedia follower)Noun
(en noun)Antonyms
* leader * precursorDerived terms
* followership * nonfollowerhunter
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Shakespeare)
- Henry, laughing, spurs away his hunter under the dripping trees.
- The hunter becomes the hunted.
- a fortune hunter
- No keener hunter after glory breathes.
