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hunted person

hunted person

6.6
A person who is being chased and may be caught or hurt
  • noun
translation icon : persona perseguida
  • Many hunted persons have escaped their pursuers.

Examples

  • In the story, the hunted person is always looking over their shoulder.

  • The hunted person managed to stay hidden in the forest for days.

  • The authorities sympathized with the hunted person, who was wrongly accused of a crime.

  • The hunted person ran through the forest.

  • The police are searching for the hunted person who escaped from the crime scene.

  • In the game of hide and seek, the hunted person tried to find a good hiding spot.

  • The documentary followed the hunted person as they evaded capture in the wilderness.

Synonyms

fugitive
vshunted person
213 6.6

A person who runs away and hides from the police or danger

is being chased by others aiming to capture or physically harm
prey
vshunted person
60 5.6

A person who others attack, trick, or make fun of

is being chased specifically to capture or cause physical harm
quarry
vshunted person
11 7.7

An animal or person that others chase to catch

is chased with the specific aim to capture or harm them
pursued
vshunted person
8.1

A person or thing being chased, often in a story

is followed in real life with intent to capture or harm

How Pursued

fugitive
213 6.6
hunted person
6.6

Surface Forms

hunted person singular
hunted persons plural

Morphology

hunt + person

The meaning 'a person who is being pursued' follows directly from combining 'hunt' (to chase) with 'person' and using the past participle/adjectival form 'hunted' to indicate someone who is being hunted. This is a regular, compositional English pattern (passive/participial modifier) found across many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should be able to infer the meaning.

Etymology

Hunted person comes from the picture of someone being chased by hunters or dogs through the woods, always looking over their shoulder, trying to hide or run away. So, hunted person means 'a person being pursued or chased and in danger of capture or harm'.