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Meaning of exile-hunter in English:

exile-hunter

noun

Ancient Greek History

  • Any of a group who pursued fugitives on the orders of Antipater, a Macedonian general of the 4th century b.c., specifically. Archias, their leader.

Origin

Late 17th century; earliest use found in Plutarch's Lives. After Hellenistic Greek ϕυγαδοθήρας.