rare. [a. L. vēnātor, agent-noun f, vēnārī to hunt.] A hunter or huntsman.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Venator, a hunter or huntsman.
1831. J. Taylor, in Edwards, Freedom of Will, Introd. p. lxviii. It by no means appears that the little unlicensed venator invariably directs his flight towards the nearest or the best-fed gnat.