Thesaurus results for HAUNTER

haunter

noun

Definition of haunter

as in lover

someone who regularly spends time in a particular place she's been a haunter of bookstores since her college days

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Recent Examples of haunter Jen Bianco, owner of TransWorld Tradeshows, has watched attendance at her massive Halloween and attraction events surge in recent years as professional haunters trade tips, technology and terrifying new ideas. — Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025

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Noun

Art lovers should aim to be there in April when Joali hosts its annual Imagi-Nature Art Festival.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
The undead hero initially turns agains the X-Men and serves Apocalypse, but Gambit’s lover Rogue is able to save him by harnessing the enormous power of a Celestial and offering to sacrifice herself.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of lover

Noun

Self also spoke to the fans and answered a few questions after practice.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026
After most of the sellout crowd filed out Wednesday, one solitary Sox fan stood at his seat under the press box, shouting obscenities about the Guardians and the city of Cleveland.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of fan

Noun

But instead the sisters wind up confronting assassins, demons with human familiars, and revelations about their late mother’s place within Le Clan des Sorcières.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
Cats make wonderful friends and, for the witchy folks among us, maybe even familiars.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025

Definition of familiar

Noun

There was no question of Swift doing a musical number on the episode, since the musical guest had long since been announced as Turnstile.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
At Trâmette, Quang decided to test out the gratuity payment option — but only for guests with whom the staff may have struck a particularly good rapport.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of guest

Noun

That includes a robotic ray driven by light-sensitive rat heart cells in 2016 and a fish robot with human heart cells that swam on its own in 2022.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026
But of course where there’s one rat, there are usually more, and swarms of rats and an angry sea soon become the man’s antagonists.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of rat

Noun

Whether these portraits represent past patrons, whose stories once unspooled over these same steaming cups, Kim declines to comment.

— James Marsh, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
One of the most romantic venues is Naam 1608, set in a traditional wood house on the river where patrons sitting along the bar can almost touch their toes in the water.

— Tony Perrottet, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

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