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huntress

[ huhn-tris ]

/ ˈhʌn trɪs /

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noun

a woman who hunts.

a mare used as a hunting horse.

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Origin of huntress

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

usage note for huntress

See -ess.

Words nearby huntress

Huntington Park, Huntington's chorea, Huntington's disease, Huntington Station, hunting watch, huntress, Hunts, huntsman, huntsman's-cup, Hunt's neuralgia, Hunt's syndrome

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How to use huntress in a sentence

She is an ambiguity and complexity huntress, one whose skepticism will always beat your skepticism to the punch.
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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
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