fire huntern.

Brit.

/ˈfʌɪə ˌhʌntə/, U.S.

/ˈfaɪ(ə)r ˌhən(t)ər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., hunter n.

Etymology: < fire n. + hunter n., after fire hunting n. 2. Compare later fire-hunt v.

U.S. Now historical.

A person who uses fire to hunt animals at night, esp. by using the light from a pan of burning wood to illuminate the eyes of the game. Cf. fire hunting n.

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fire hunter1784

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1784 in Public Acts N. Carolina (1804) I. 364 If any person shall be duly convicted..of sending his slave to hunt with a gun in the night by fire-light, he shall be subject to the same pains as are provided by this act to be inflicted on fire-hunters.

1833 Amer. Turf Reg. Feb. 305 Here we took our first drive; but..a ‘fire hunter’ had anticipated us the previous night.

1876 J. Habberton Jericho Road x. 96 He puzzled his brain to know who the men might be. Fire-hunters?

1908 Harper's Monthly Mag. Apr. 672/2 It was not uncommon for fire hunters to take a thousand of the reptiles [sc. alligators] from a single small lake.

2001 P. Loew Indian Nations of Wisconsin v. 69 The Ojibwe called the fire hunters Waswaagan.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fire hunter
释义	fire huntern. Brit. /ˈfʌɪə ˌhʌntə/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)r ˌhən(t)ər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., hunter n. Etymology: < fire n. + hunter n., after fire hunting n. 2. Compare later fire-hunt v. U.S. Now historical. A person who uses fire to hunt animals at night, esp. by using the light from a pan of burning wood to illuminate the eyes of the game. Cf. fire hunting n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > hunter using lights fire hunter1784 spotlighter1929 1784 in Public Acts N. Carolina (1804) I. 364 If any person shall be duly convicted..of sending his slave to hunt with a gun in the night by fire-light, he shall be subject to the same pains as are provided by this act to be inflicted on fire-hunters. 1833 Amer. Turf Reg. Feb. 305 Here we took our first drive; but..a ‘fire hunter’ had anticipated us the previous night. 1876 J. Habberton Jericho Road x. 96 He puzzled his brain to know who the men might be. Fire-hunters? 1908 Harper's Monthly Mag. Apr. 672/2 It was not uncommon for fire hunters to take a thousand of the reptiles [sc. alligators] from a single small lake. 2001 P. Loew Indian Nations of Wisconsin v. 69 The Ojibwe called the fire hunters Waswaagan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1784
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