1. A person who searches for something.
2. A watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal; SYN. hunting watch.
3. Someone who hunts game; SYN. huntsman.
(Landstreitkräfte) bis zum 1. Weltkrieg eine Infanterietruppe des dt. Heeres mit ausgesuchtem Ersatz, meist Forstleuten; J. zu Pferd: Kürassiere.
(Jagd) Derjenige, der unter Beachtung der weidmänn. Bräuche u. rechtl. Bestimmungen jagdbare Tiere hegt u. erlegt.
(1958-) US actress. She has often been cast in roles that contrast her diminutive frame with a larger-than-life, passionate, personality. She first came to prominence with Broadcast News and Raising Arizona both 1987. Her hallmark Southern accent was jettisoned in the virtuoso performance she gave as a mute woman in The Piano 1993.
Her other films include Always and Miss Firecracker both 1989.
(naval officer) (1737-1821) British naval officer and colonial administrator, born in Scotland. He was second captain of the First Fleet to Australia, in command of HMS Sirius. He did much survey work in the new colony and in 1788–89 sailed to the Cape Colony to obtain supplies, making a pioneer circumnavigation of the world in Antarctic latitudes. He returned to England but was appointed governor of New South Wales 1794. He ruled the colony 1795–1800 but was unable to control the New South Wales Corps which, during the acting governorship of Francis Grose, had gained control of trade, the courts, land management, and convict labor. When he was recalled he had contributed much to Australian exploration and to the knowledge of Australian zoology and botany.
1. City in Kansas (USA); zip code 67452.
2. City in North Dakota (USA); zip code 58048.
3. Town in Arkansas (USA).
4. Town in Oklahoma (USA); zip code 74640.
5. Unincorporated community in Tennessee (USA).
6. Village in New York (USA); zip code 12442.
River in New South Wales, Australia, which rises in the Mount Royal Range and flows into the Pacific Ocean near Newcastle, after a course of about 465 km/290 mi. Although the river is liable to flooding, the Hunter Valley has dairying and market gardening, and produces wines.