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Hunter vs Hunker - What's the difference?

hunter | hunker |

As a proper noun hunter

is for a hunter.

As a verb hunker is

to crouch or squat close to the ground.

As a noun hunker is

(dated) a political conservative.

hunter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
  • A dog used in hunting.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
  • * 2009 , Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 480:
    • Henry, laughing, spurs away his hunter under the dripping trees.
  • One who hunts or seeks after anything.
    • The hunter becomes the hunted.
    a fortune hunter
  • * Tennyson
    • No keener hunter after glory breathes.
  • A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.
  • A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover.

    • Derived terms

    * fortune hunter * white hunter

    Related terms

    * hunted * hunting

    See also

    * ("hunter" on Wikipedia) ----

    hunker

    English

    Etymology 1

    Originally Scottish. Origin unknown, but probably of Germanic origin, perhaps *hunk- or *huk-. Probable cognates include Old Norse , Dutch huiken, and German hocken.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To crouch or squat close to the ground.
    • Synonyms
    * (crouch or squat) crouch, squat
    Derived terms
    * hunkers * hunker down

    Etymology 2

    Unknown

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) A political conservative.

    • See also

    * hunkers English intransitive verbs ----