Definition of "hunter-gatherer" []

• A member of a people subsisting in the wild on food obtained by hunting and foraging. (noun)

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• "However, it would be misleading to suggest that all the Polar Eskimos here belong to a culture which could be called "hunter-gatherer"."
• "Toma has lived the old way of being a hunter-gatherer, and he is legendary among his people for being very brave."
• "Sort of like weightlifting or special diets--activities which no hunter-gatherer would have engaged in, but which help our bodies return to a more natural state of health and wellbeing."