An Imperial hunter was an individual who tracked down former Imperial war criminals who had gone into hiding to avoid facing justice.
In the months after the Battle of Endor, the New Republic commissioned Imperial hunters to bring in Imperials such as Perwin Gedde to face justice in the New Republic Tribunal.
Near the end of the Galactic Civil War, the New Republic commissioned Alphabet Squadron to track down and destroy the 204th Imperial Fighter Wing, a lethal Imperial fighter wing.
The term Imperial hunter is an equivalent to the Nazi hunter in the real world.
The term Imperial hunter is an equivalent to the Nazi hunter in the real world.