as in hunter
a member of a culture in which people hunt animals and look for plants to eat instead of growing crops and raising animals
a tribe of hunter-gatherers
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Recent Examples of hunter-gatherer
In the sixth episode, Smith and San Bushman guide Kane Motswana go hunting with members of a San village, Indigenous hunter-gatherers of Southern Africa, who live in the Kalahari Desert.
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Abigail Wise, Outside, 11 Dec. 2025
Either way, these ancient humans were skilled foragers and hunter-gatherers who lived in small groups of perhaps a dozen people and only rarely crossed paths with other bands.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 10 Dec. 2025
This advanced civilization then transferred knowledge to our hunter-gatherer ancestors before disappearing without a trace.
—Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 1 Dec. 2025
These ills barely plague the few remaining hunter-gatherer groups, such as the Hadza living in and around northern Tanzania’s Great Rift Valley, who live ALAN-free and are believed to be one of the best living representatives of ancestral human lifestyles.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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Abigail Wise, Outside, 11 Dec. 2025
Either way, these ancient humans were skilled foragers and hunter-gatherers who lived in small groups of perhaps a dozen people and only rarely crossed paths with other bands.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 10 Dec. 2025
This advanced civilization then transferred knowledge to our hunter-gatherer ancestors before disappearing without a trace.
—Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 1 Dec. 2025
These ills barely plague the few remaining hunter-gatherer groups, such as the Hadza living in and around northern Tanzania’s Great Rift Valley, who live ALAN-free and are believed to be one of the best living representatives of ancestral human lifestyles.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunter-gatherer
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As the heist approaches, the line between hunter and hunted begins to blur, and all three are faced with life-defining choices–and the realization that there can be no turning back.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
1 Feb. 2026
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Another approach for bargain hunters is to target discontinued models, of which there are about two dozen.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
1 Feb. 2026
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His final accents came via dark shades and a fluffy black trapper hat.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
16 Jan. 2026
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The puck, the trapper, the goalie pads.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
24 Dec. 2025
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