Definition of "Hunter"

An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a hunter.  examples

A male given name transferred from the surname.  examples

A placename

1. A place in Australia

   1. A river in New South Wales, Australia; flowing 300 km from the Mount Royal Range within Barrington Tops National Park into the Tasman Sea at Newcastle; named for John Hunter, 2nd Governor of New South Wales.  examples

   2. A river in Western Australia, Australia; flowing 16 km from Donkins Hill near Mitchell River National Park into the Timor Sea; named by Australian explorer Philip Parker King for James Hunter, the surgeon of King's HMS Mermaid.  examples

   3. An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia  examples

2. A river in northwest Otago, New Zealand; flowing into Lake Hāwea.  examples

3. A river in Prince Edward Island, Canada; flowing from near Hartville into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence near North Rustico.  examples

4. A locale in the United States.

   1. A city in Kansas; named for early settler Al Hunter.  examples

   2. A city in South Dakota; named for local landowner John Hunter.  examples

   3. A town in Arkansas.  examples

   4. A town in New York, and a village within that town.  examples

   5. An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio; named for Ohio congressman W. F. Hunter.  examples

   6. A census-designated place in Warren County, Ohio.  examples

   7. A town in Oklahoma.  examples

   8. A town in Wisconsin.  examples

   9. A census-designated place in Missouri; named for early landowner John Hunter.  examples

   10. A census-designated place in Tennessee.  examples

   11. A ghost town in Nevada.  examples