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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Origin of huntsman
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Sean McAloon, huntsman with the Fermanagh Harriers, said he has been hunting from the age of two and is opposed to any ban.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Pygmy possums would be unlikely to share their box with the spiders; in 2019, a huntsman, which can be six inches from leg to leg, reportedly ate a pygmy possum in Tasmania.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2022
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
A huntsman and a fellow warrior battle an ice queen and her evil, resurrected sister.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2019
They were the Forest Sauvage Hounds, no subscription, two days a week, huntsman the Master.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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