hunt-sergeantn. an officer of Massachusetts in the colonial and provincial period, who had charge of the hunts (carried on with hounds) for hostile Indians.
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hunt-sergeant1706
1706–7 in E. Ames & A. C. Goodell Acts Province Mass. Bay (1896–1922) l. 599 Persons who shall..have them [hounds] at all times in readiness to attend the hunt serjeant.