lion-hunter

1. 1.

   someone who tries to attract social lions as guests

   Broadersocial climber
2. 2.

   someone who hunts lions

   Broaderhunter

Questions about lion-hunter

What does lion-hunter mean?

lion-hunter means "someone who tries to attract social lions as guests". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lion-hunter?

lion-hunter has 4 syllables: li-on--hun-ter. The stress falls on "on-".

Is lion-hunter a common word?

lion-hunter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.