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plain(s) hunter Hist. 
a person who took part in buffalo hunts.
See also: buffalo hunter
- 1831 (1963) The plains hunters have had a very successful season and the quantity of [country] provisions they have brought home is immense.
- 1860 Its population is about 1,200, exclusive of the plain-hunters, who reside there only occasionally.
- 1930 The Desjardins were quite wealthy plain hunters. . . .
- 1831 (1963) The plains hunters have had a very successful season and the quantity of [country] provisions they have brought home is immense.