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BOUNTY HUNTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bounty hunter mean?
• BOUNTY HUNTER (noun)
The noun BOUNTY HUNTER has 2 senses:
1. someone who pursues fugitives or criminals for whom a reward is offered
2. a hunter who kills predatory wild animals in order to collect a bounty
Familiarity information: BOUNTY HUNTER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who pursues fugitives or criminals for whom a reward is offered
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("bounty hunter" is a kind of...):
chaser; pursuer (a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A hunter who kills predatory wild animals in order to collect a bounty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("bounty hunter" is a kind of...):
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