Huntress

//ˈhʌntɹɪs// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female hunter. literary

    "In those same woods ye well remember may / How that a noble hunteress did wonne [...]."

  2. 2
    a woman hunter wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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beatercourserhunternimrodsportsman

Example

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"The huntress followed it into the woods."

Etymology

Etymology 1

A variant of hunteress, from Middle English hunteras, hunteres, hunteresse, equivalent to hunter + -ess, possibly on the model of the likes of mistress.

Etymology 2

Feminine form of Hunter.

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