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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A large African huntsman spider has been found in Edinburgh, after it stowed away in a traveller's suitcase.
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
With him came four mounted men-at-arms, a huntsman, and a pack of dogs, sniffing after Lady Alys as if she were a deer.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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
Had they ridden to hounds with their tenants, as 19th-century English gentlemen huntsmen did, then cheered them as they sent in the terriers, it might also have helped their cause.
From Economist ● Mar. 5, 2015
It was as though, like huntsmen hiding in a forest, they were afraid that any abrupt sound or movement would warn away approaching beasts.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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