Meanings
plural bounty hunters
- A person who catches criminals and brings them to the police in return for a reward.
1 more example
Thus Django becomes the carrier of the “public use of one's reason”—the Kantian road to enlightenment given to him by the German “Forty-Eighter” dentist–turned-bounty hunter Dr. “King” Schultz, and represents the fictive, allohistorical beginning of the battle against slavery and racism in the United States.
2014 July 31, Oliver C. Speck, editor, Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained: The Continuation of Metacinema, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 25
Translations
Arabic صَائِدُ ٱلْجَوَائِز
- صَائِدُ ٱلْجَوَائِز (ṣāʔidu l-jawāʔiz)person who catches criminals in return for a reward
Chinese Mandarin 賞金獵人 /赏金猎人
- 賞金獵人 /赏金猎人 (shǎngjīn lièrén)person who catches criminals in return for a reward
Dutch premiejager
- premiejagerperson who catches criminals in return for a reward
Estonian pearahakütt
- pearahaküttperson who catches criminals in return for a reward
Finnish palkkionmetsästäjä
- palkkionmetsästäjäperson who catches criminals in return for a reward
French chasseur de primes
- chasseur de primesperson who catches criminals in return for a reward
German Kopfgeldjäger
- Kopfgeldjägerperson who catches criminals in return for a reward
Greek κυνηγός επικυρηγμένων
- κυνηγός επικυρηγμένων (kynigós epikyrigménon)person who catches criminals in return for a reward
Hebrew צייד ראשים
- צייד ראשים (tzayad rashim)person who catches criminals in return for a reward
Italian cacciatore di taglie
- cacciatore di taglieperson who catches criminals in return for a reward
Japanese 賞金稼ぎ
- 賞金稼ぎ (shōkin kasegi)person who catches criminals in return for a reward
Korean 현상금 사냥꾼
- 현상금 사냥꾼 (hyeonsanggeum sanyangkkun)person who catches criminals in return for a reward
Norwegian Bokmål dusørjeger
- dusørjegerperson who catches criminals in return for a reward
Polish łowca nagród
- łowca nagródperson who catches criminals in return for a reward
Portuguese caçador de recompensas
- caçador de recompensasperson who catches criminals in return for a reward
Romanian vânător de recompense
- vânător de recompenseperson who catches criminals in return for a reward
Russian охо́тник за голова́ми
- охо́тник за голова́ми (oxótnik za golovámi)person who catches criminals in return for a reward
Spanish cazarrecompensas
- cazarrecompensasperson who catches criminals in return for a reward
Swedish prisjägare
- prisjägareperson who catches criminals in return for a reward
Turkish ödül avcısı
- ödül avcısıperson who catches criminals in return for a reward
Cite this entry
bounty hunter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bounty%20hunter
“bounty hunter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bounty%20hunter. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bounty hunter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bounty%20hunter.
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