the mighty hunter
Preserved but no longer current.
Nimrod is so called (Gen. x, 9). The meaning seems to be a con- queror. Jeremiah says, "I [the Lord] will send for many hunters [warriors], and they shall hunt [chasej them [the Jews] from every mountain . . . and out of the holes of the rocks" (xyi, 16).
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “the mighty hunter” mean?
Nimrod is so called (Gen. x, 9). The meaning seems to be a con- queror. Jeremiah says, "I [the Lord] will send for many hunters [warriors], and they shall hunt [chasej them [the Jews] from every mountain . . . and out of the holes of the rocks" (xyi, 16).
Is “the mighty hunter” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.