HUNTER-GATHERER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hunter-gatherer mean? 

• HUNTER-GATHERER (noun)
  The noun HUNTER-GATHERER has 1 sense:

1. a member of a hunting and gathering society

  Familiarity information: HUNTER-GATHERER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUNTER-GATHERER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a hunting and gathering society

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("hunter-gatherer" is a kind of...):

barbarian; savage (a member of an uncivilized people)

Holonyms ("hunter-gatherer" is a member of...):

hunting and gathering society; hunting and gathering tribe (group that supports itself by hunting and fishing and by gathering wild fruits and vegetables; usually nomadic)

 Context examples 

After that, populations grew rapidly, with extensive migration and mixture as many groups transitioned from hunter-gatherers to food producers over the last 10,000 years.

(Global human genome study reveals our complex evolutionary history, University of Cambridge)