n. A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and preserving their heads as trophies. The Dyaks of Borneo are the most noted head-hunters. [ 1913 Webster ]
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No keener hunter after glory breathes. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hunter's room,
Hunter's screw (Mech.),
a. Discovered or described by John Hunter, an English surgeon;
n.
n. (Railroad) A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A hanger-on to noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities; a toady. See 1st Tuft, 3. [ Cant, Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]