noun
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a person who hunts
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a person who looks after and trains hounds, and manages them during a hunt
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"We've been liaising with our contacts and have a home down in Kent lined up with a specialist, where this huntsman can happily live out the rest of their life."
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2023
Yet Fred’s whispery mumble made his words individually precious, like the feathery footprint of a Pleistocene huntsman on a windswept piece of stone.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2021
Andrii Ishchuk, as Hilarion, the huntsman in love with Giselle, struggled — and repeatedly failed — to keep his pulled above his nose.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
Sent by an evil queen to capture an escaped princess, a huntsman instead becomes the young woman’s protector and helps her in her quest to regain control of her kingdom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2019
And immediately the loving huntsman had forgotten everything else, but was busied about his task.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Instead of a four-wheeler or motorbike, the huntsmen are instead sitting on their couch, which is propelled by their motorized living room.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2024
Two huntsmen from the Scottish Borders have been found guilty of breaching fox-hunting law.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2017
Hunter-gatherers certainly put their big brains to good use: They were sophisticated naturalists, toolmakers, huntsmen and politicians, not least because they could pool their knowledge and coordinate their actions through language.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2016
In the past, he was identified as Meleager or Actaeon, mythological huntsmen.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2016
He could creep back and ask him to get the huntsmen to shoot.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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