Meanings
plural ghosthunters
- A person who attempts to track down ghosts.
They watched the two ghost-hunters run own the corridor and go crashing over the trip-wire.
1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 1194 more examples
His reputation as a ghosthunter grew stronger and others began contacting him for investigations and "exorcisms."
1992, Blanche Barton, The secret life of a Satanist: the authorized biography of Anton LaVeyThe most prolific and successful German horror writer of the Hefte is Helmut Rellergerd (1945-), who writes as Jason Dark about a ghosthunter named John...
1999, John Clute, John Grant, The encyclopedia of fantasyThe Frighteners (1996) has a ghosthunter, Frank, working with a trio of ghosts who infest premises that he then clears.
2004, Tom Ruffles, Ghost images: cinema of the afterlifeThe last two years have certainly made me a ghosthunter, perhaps not in the intensive style exhibited by ghosthunter clubs and "professional" ghosthunters...
2005, John B Kachuba, Ghosthunting Illinois
Origin
Translations
Esperanto fantomforigisto, fantomforigistino
- fantomforigistoperson who tries to track down ghosts
- fantomforigistinoperson who tries to track down ghosts
French chasseur de fantôme, chasseuse de fantômes
- chasseur de fantômeperson who tries to track down ghosts
- chasseuse de fantômesperson who tries to track down ghosts
German Geisterjäger, Geisterjägerin
- Geisterjägerperson who tries to track down ghosts
- Geisterjägerinperson who tries to track down ghosts
Italian acchiappafantasmi
- acchiappafantasmiperson who tries to track down ghosts
Portuguese caça-fantasma, caça-fantasmas
- caça-fantasmaperson who tries to track down ghosts
- caça-fantasmasperson who tries to track down ghosts
Romanian vânător de fantome
- vânător de fantomeperson who tries to track down ghosts
Spanish cazafantasmas
- cazafantasmasperson who tries to track down ghosts
Swedish spökjägare
- spökjägareperson who tries to track down ghosts
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ghosthunter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ghosthunter
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