Holman Hunt

[ hohl-muh n huhnt ]

/ ˈhoʊl mən ˈhʌnt /

noun

(William). Hunt, William Holman.

Definition for holman hunt (2 of 2)

Hunt

[ huhnt ]

/ hʌnt /

noun

(James Henry) Leigh

[lee] /li/,1784–1859, English essayist, poet, and editor.

Richard Morris,1828–95, U.S. architect.

(William) Holman

[hohl-muh n] /ˈhoʊl mən/,1827–1910, English painter.

William Morris,1824–79, U.S. painter (brother of Richard Morris Hunt).

British Dictionary definitions for holman hunt (1 of 2)

hunt

/ (hʌnt) /

verb

to seek out and kill or capture (game or wild animals) for food or sport

(intr often foll by for) to look (for); search (for) to hunt for a book; to hunt up a friend

(tr) to use (hounds, horses, etc) in the pursuit of wild animals, game, etc to hunt a pack of hounds

(tr) to search or draw (country) to hunt wild animals, game, etc to hunt the parkland

(tr often foll by down) to track or chase diligently, esp so as to capture to hunt down a criminal

(tr; usually passive) to persecute; hound

(intr) (of a gauge indicator, engine speed, etc) to oscillate about a mean value or position

(intr) (of an aircraft, rocket, etc) to oscillate about a flight path

noun

the act or an instance of hunting

chase or search, esp of animals or game

the area of a hunt

a party or institution organized for the pursuit of wild animals or game, esp for sport

the participants in or members of such a party or institution

in the hunt informal having a chance of success that result keeps us in the hunt See also hunt down, hunt up

Derived forms of hunt

huntedly, adverb

Word Origin for hunt

Old English huntian; related to Old English hentan, Old Norse henda to grasp

British Dictionary definitions for holman hunt (2 of 2)

Hunt

/ (hʌnt) /

noun

Henry, known as Orator Hunt . 1773–1835, British radical, who led the mass meeting that ended in the Peterloo Massacre (1819)

(William) Holman. 1827–1910, British painter; a founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (1848)

James. 1947–93, British motor-racing driver: world champion 1976

(Henry Cecil) John, Baron. 1910–98, British army officer and mountaineer. He planned and led the expedition that first climbed Mount Everest (1953)

(James Henry) Leigh (liː). 1784–1859, British poet and essayist: a founder of The Examiner (1808) in which he promoted the work of Keats and Shelley

Idioms and Phrases with holman hunt

hunt

see happy hunting ground; high and low, (hunt); run with (the hare, hunt with the hounds).

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