hunter-gatherer

noun

hunt·​er-gath·​er·​er ˈhən-tər-ˈga-t͟hər-ər 

: a member of a culture in which food is obtained by hunting, fishing, and foraging rather than by agriculture or animal husbandry

Examples of hunter-gatherer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One acre of land was capable of producing a hundred times more food than hunter-gatherers could provide. —John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024

The cave art sheds light on the artistic ability and communication between hunter-gatherers during the middle Holocene period. —Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024

Roughly 4,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers in Central America built a network of canals and ponds to trap fish. —Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024

Slowly and, at first, tentatively, in 2015, the American-Statesman began sifting through the available evidence to find out what really happened, especially in respect to the Central Texas Tonkawa, hunter-gatherers who ranged on both sides of the Balcones Fault. —Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

hunter-gatherer

noun

hunt·​er-gath·​er·​er

-ˈgat͟h-ər-ər,

-ˈget͟h-

: a member of a culture in which food is gotten by hunting, fishing, and gathering rather than by agriculture