Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who follows or tracks game by the spoor or scent.

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  • noun A hunter who tracks game by its spoor.

Etymologies

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spoor +‎ -er

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Examples

  • He was a good game spoorer, and I had taught him to shoot; and so intelligent was he, that I had taken a great interest in him, and had learnt to talk to him in his own tongue a sonorous, expressive language entirely different to the peculiar

    A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa Frederick Cornell

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