master of foxhounds

American  

noun

1. the person responsible for the conduct of a fox hunt and to whom all members of the hunt and its staff are responsible. M.F.H.

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master of foxhounds British  

noun

1.  MFH.  a person responsible for the maintenance of a pack of foxhounds and the associated staff, equipment, hunting arrangements, etc

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Etymology

Origin of master of foxhounds

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

He was the kind of man to be believed when he said: "I would rather be a master of foxhounds than Prime Minister."

From Time Magazine Archive

Sir William Eden was a Conservative member of Parliament and a master of foxhounds, an artist, an art critic and a famous connoisseur of beauty in all its forms.

From Time Magazine Archive

Except for a few weeks many years ago when he substituted at Radnor he has never been a master of foxhounds.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is, I have been told, no important hunt in the United States in which the master of foxhounds is not the chief financial supporter, the sport being a very costly one.

From American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' by Morgan, Wallace

An old English master of foxhounds, who was a frequent visitor in Madrid, used to compare the Paseo of the Fuente Castellana at the fashionable hour to a "chevaux de frise on horseback."

From Spanish Life in Town and Country by Dawson, William Harbutt