huntress

[ huhn-tris ]

/ ˈhʌn trɪs /

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noun

a woman who hunts.

a mare used as a hunting horse.

RELATED WORDS

hawker, deerstalker, huntsman, sportsman, trapper, falconer, fisherman, stalker, chaser, pursuer, pursuant

Nearby words

huntington station, huntington's chorea, huntington's disease, huntington, collis potter, huntington, samuel, huntress, hunts, huntsman, huntsman's-cup, huntsville, hunyadi

Origin of huntress

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

Usage note

See -ess.

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Examples from the Web for huntress

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|DAILY BEAST
"There is no ship like a privateer, and no privateer like the Huntress," he was saying.
The Windy Hill|Cornelia Meigs
We soon reached the scene of my encounter with the huntress.
The Wild Huntress|Mayne Reid
She will never make a huntress—her heart is cast in too soft a mould.
Canadian Crusoes|Catherine Parr Traill

If it might "seem right" to let him wait till the Huntress came by!
Captain January|Laura E. Richards
In pictures she was clothed as a huntress, carried a bow and arrows and wore a crescent in her hair.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10|Charles Herbert Sylvester

Word Origin and History for huntress

huntress

late 14c.; see hunter + -ess. Old English had hunticge.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper