hunter-gather

== English == === Etymology 1 === Back-formation from hunter-gatherer. ==== Verb ==== hunter-gather (third-person singular simple present hunter-gathers, present participle hunter-gathering, simple past and past participle hunter-gathered) (ambitransitive) To be a hunter-gatherer; to hunt (animals) and gather (edible plants) for food. === Etymology 2 === Final -er removed by haplology after hunter. ==== Noun ==== hunter-gather (plural hunter-gathers) Nonstandard form of hunter-gatherer.