Hunter vs Punter - What's the difference?
hunter | punter |
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.
One who bets (punts) against the bank (banque).
One who oars or poles a punt (pontoon).
One who punts a football.
(British, slang) one who gambles. See speculator.
(British, slang) A customer of a commercial establishment, frequently of a pub or (alternatively) of a prostitute.
A beginner or unskilled climber
As nouns the difference between hunter and punter
is that hunter is one who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman while punter is one who bets (punts) against the bank (banque).As a proper noun Hunter
is {{surname|A=An|occupational|from=occupations}} for a hunter.hunter
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.
