The company president has hired a headhunter to find us a new sales manager.
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Headhunter
//ˈhɛdˌhʌntɚ//
Synonyms for "headhunter" (4 found)
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Related words (2)
Noun(2 words)
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37 translations across 17 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- kopjagter noun (practitioner of headhunting)
- roofwerwer noun (recruiter)
Dutch
2 entries- koppensneller noun (practitioner of headhunting)
- koppensneller noun (recruiter)
Finnish
2 entries- kykyjenmetsästäjä noun (recruiter)
- pääkallonmetsästäjä noun (practitioner of headhunting)
French
2 entries- chasseur de têtes noun (practitioner of headhunting)
- chasseur de têtes noun (recruiter)
Georgian
4 entries- კადრების აყვანის აგენტი noun (recruiter)
- კადრების შემრჩევი noun (recruiter)
- რეკრუიტერი noun (recruiter)
- რეკრუტერი noun (recruiter)
German
2 entries- Headhunter noun (recruiter)
- Kopfjäger noun (practitioner of headhunting)
Greek
3 entries- κρανιοθήρας noun (practitioner of headhunting)
- κυνηγός κεφαλών noun (practitioner of headhunting)
- κυνηγός κεφαλών noun (recruiter)
Hungarian
2 entries- fejvadász noun (practitioner of headhunting)
- fejvadász noun (recruiter)
Italian
1 entries- cacciare teste noun (practitioner of headhunting)
Malay
2 entries- pemburu kepala noun (practitioner of headhunting)
- pengayau noun (practitioner of headhunting)
Polish
1 entries- łowca głów noun (recruiter)
Portuguese
3 entries- caçador de cabeças noun (practitioner of headhunting)
- caçador de talentos noun (recruiter)
- recrutador noun (recruiter)
Romanian
3 entries- recruiter noun (recruiter)
- recrutor noun (recruiter)
- vânător de capete noun (practitioner of headhunting)
Russian
3 entries- охо́тник за голова́ми noun (practitioner of headhunting)
- охо́тник за голова́ми noun (recruiter)
- охо́тник за ума́ми noun (recruiter)
Swedish
2 entries- huvudjägare noun (practitioner of headhunting)
- huvudjägare noun (recruiter)
Tagalog
1 entries- mamumugot noun (practitioner of headhunting)
Turkish
2 entries- kelle avcısı noun (practitioner of headhunting)
- personel avcısı noun (recruiter)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
We were accommodated here in the verandah of the large house, in which were several great baskets of dried human heads, the trophies of past generations of head-hunters.
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Theirs was the spirit which upheld Darwin among the gauchos of the Argentine or Wallace among the head-hunters of Malaya.
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Near-synonyms: recruiter, talent scout
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