huntsman

[ huhnts-muhn ]

noun

, plural hunts·men.

1. the member of a hunt staff who manages the hounds during the hunt.
2. a hunter.

huntsman

/ ˈhʌntsmən /

noun

1. a person who hunts
2. a person who looks after and trains hounds, and manages them during a hunt

Other Words From

• huntsman·ship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of huntsman¹

First recorded in 1560–70; hunt + 's ¹ + man

Example Sentences

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From ProPublica

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From Popular-Science

Just then a young boar came dashing by, and the huntsman stabbed it to death.

From The Daily Beast

It had been two years since you shot your last film, Snow White and the Huntsman.

From The Daily Beast

But Huntsman was one of the conservatives who signed the Supreme Court amicus brief against Prop 8.

From The Daily Beast

The denouement itself appropriates the theme of the huntsman who spares the child he is obliged to kill.

From The Daily Beast

In 2012, Stewart was caught cheating on Pattinson with her married Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders.

From The Daily Beast

He used to be a huntsman in the service of his Highness the Prince de Conti, and he owes everything to him.

From Project Gutenberg

There had been a great chase commanded in the Bois de Vincennes, for M. de Monsoreau to enter on his functions of chief huntsman.

From Project Gutenberg

Four days since Baron Gaston went upon the debatable land to lay a hound; with him only Gaspar, the huntsman.

From Project Gutenberg

The major-domo (for it was he) bowed respectfully, for the chief huntsman's name was well known in Anjou.

From Project Gutenberg

And Those Others tried to make them ever more intelligent and crafty so they might be sent to hunt without a huntsman.

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