ghosthunter

English

Etymology

From ghost +‎ hunter.

Noun

ghosthunter (plural ghosthunters)

1. A person who attempts to track down ghosts.
   • 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 119:

     They watched the two ghost-hunters run own the corridor and go crashing over the trip-wire.

   • 1992, Blanche Barton, The secret life of a Satanist: the authorized biography of Anton LaVey:

     His reputation as a ghosthunter grew stronger and others began contacting him for investigations and "exorcisms."

   • 1999, John Clute, John Grant, The encyclopedia of fantasy:

     The most prolific and successful German horror writer of the Hefte is Helmut Rellergerd (1945-), who writes as Jason Dark about a ghosthunter named John...

   • 2004, Tom Ruffles, Ghost images: cinema of the afterlife:

     The Frighteners (1996) has a ghosthunter, Frank, working with a trio of ghosts who infest premises that he then clears.

   • 2005, John B Kachuba, Ghosthunting Illinois:

     The last two years have certainly made me a ghosthunter, perhaps not in the intensive style exhibited by ghosthunter clubs and "professional" ghosthunters...

Related terms

• ghosthunting

Translations

person who tries to track down ghosts

• French: chasseur de fantôme m, chasseuse de fantômes (fr) f
• German: Geisterjäger m, Geisterjägerin f
• Italian: acchiappafantasmi m
• Portuguese: caça-fantasma (pt) m or f by sense, caça-fantasmas m or f by sense
• Romanian: vânător de fantome m
• Spanish: cazafantasmas m or f by sense
• Swedish: spökjägare c