Deerslayer
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who kills deer.
"He has been so often seen in pictures dressed like a deerslayer that many people feel sure that he is a dead shot in the class with Kit Carson, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone and Buffalo Bill — yet he can not eat his soup until he puts on his glasses."
Example
More examples"He has been so often seen in pictures dressed like a deerslayer that many people feel sure that he is a dead shot in the class with Kit Carson, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone and Buffalo Bill — yet he can not eat his soup until he puts on his glasses."
Etymology
From deer + slayer.
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