falconer
Americannoun
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a person who hunts with falcons or follows the sport of hawking.
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a person who trains hawks for hunting.
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of falconer
1350–1400; Middle English falkenar (< Medieval Latin falcōnārius ), fauconer < Anglo-French; Old French fauconier < Medieval Latin; see falcon, -er 2
Example Sentences
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El Charro is a rare bird, said Jennifer Coulson, vice president of the Raptor Research Foundation and a certified master falconer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The authority hired a falconer and a hawk, but it failed to successfully deter the birds and the plan was hampered by opponents to the measure scattering large quantities of bird feed.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The talismanic vocabulary of falconry is threaded through this raw-nerved memoir by an experienced British falconer who dealt with the pain of losing a father by training a young goshawk called Mabel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
The falconer is Redlands police officer Charles Cogger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025
The birds, once down to zero in the East, were gradually making a comeback, thanks largely to a falconer, Heinz Meng.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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