huntress

[ huhn-tris ]

noun

Origin of huntress

First recorded in 1350–1400, huntress is from the Middle English word hunteresse.See hunter, -ess

See -ess.

She is an ambiguity and complexity huntress, one whose skepticism will always beat your skepticism to the punch.
The Artist Formerly Known as Janet Malcolm | Lauren Du Graf | June 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The music industry has turned the Cosmo girl into the video vixen and the huntress.
Helen Gurley Brown’s Fashion Sense: the Power of Cleavage | Robin Givhan | August 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
It had a picture in relief, on one side, of Diana the huntress, with her nymphs and baying hounds.
Boyhood in Norway | Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
She examined the trail—it showed drops of blood—and immediately the huntress followed the trail.
Red Hunters And the Animal People | Charles A. Eastman
The huntress immediately took down her bow and quiver and searched for his track, which she followed into the woods.
Red Hunters And the Animal People | Charles A. Eastman

The Spider-huntress explores the wall minutely; she runs, leaps and flies; she comes and goes, flitting to and fro.
More Hunting Wasps | J. Henri Fabre
Let us agree that the Scolia of antiquity sought a different prey from that adopted by the modern huntress.
More Hunting Wasps | J. Henri Fabre

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