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hunter-gatherer
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hunt·er-gath·er·er (hntr-gr-r)
n.
A member of a people subsisting in the wild on food obtained by hunting and foraging.
hunter-gatherer
Noun
a member of a society that lives by hunting and gathering naturally occurring resources
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Noun1.hunter-gathererhunter-gatherer - a member of a hunting and gathering society
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
barbarian, savage - a member of an uncivilized people


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Despite the industrialization of human culture, a small pocket of people called the Kalahari san, or Bushmen, lived well into the 20th century in the same manner as they had for a million-and-a-half years: as hunter-gatherers.
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