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hunter-gatherer

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A member of a people subsisting in the wild on food obtained by hunting and foraging.

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  • noun A member of a group of people who live by hunting animals and gathering edible plants for their main food sources, and who do not keep animals or farm land.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a member of a hunting and gathering society

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hunter + gatherer

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