name, noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A hunter.
2. 2
   a man who hunts game wordnet
3. 3
   A fox hunter. UK
4. 4
   One who manages the hounds during a hunt.
5. 5
   Any of the many species of large spiders of the family Sparassidae.

   "Although they do not make webs, female huntsmans at least have not lost the ability to produce silk."

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

beatercourserhunternimrodsportsman

Example

More examples

"He was the kind of huntsman who could never successfully catch even a single animal."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From hunt + -s- + -man.

Etymology 2

From huntsman.

Related phrases

huntsman spider

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