rare. [a. L. vēnātor, agent-noun f, vēnārī to hunt.] A hunter or huntsman.

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1656.  Blount, Glossogr., Venator, a hunter or huntsman.

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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.

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