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.

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The music industry has turned the Cosmo girl into the video vixen and the huntress.
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There was a little silver moon—Diana's moon, the crescent of the huntress.
Glory of Youth
Temple Bailey
But to her, at last, there came a day when she was no longer the huntress but the hunted.
A Book of Myths
Jean Lang
She symbolized Diana the Huntress, and was followed by her faithful hounds.
Saronia
Richard Short
"There is no ship like a privateer, and no privateer like the Huntress," he was saying.
The Windy Hill
Cornelia Meigs
Beyond them, the lights of the Huntress showed where she was getting up sail.
The Windy Hill
Cornelia Meigs

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