name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
huntress
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈhʌntɹɪs/
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noun
Meaning 2
A female hunter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary
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noun
Meaning 3
a woman hunter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hunter, huntsman
History
Etymology
Feminine form of Hunter.
A variant of hunteress, from Middle English hunteras, hunteres, hunteresse, equivalent to hunter + -ess, possibly on the model of the likes of mistress.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: صَيَّادَة (ṣayyāda) — female who hunts
- Arabic: صَائِدَة (ṣāʔida) — female who hunts
- Catalan: caçadora — female who hunts
- Czech: lovkyně — female who hunts
- Dutch: jageres — female who hunts
- Finnish: metsästäjätär — female who hunts
- French: chasseresse — female who hunts
- French: chasseuse — female who hunts
- German: Jägerin — female who hunts
- Ancient Greek: θηράτειρα (thēráteira) — female who hunts
- Ancient Greek: κυνηγίς (kunēgís) — female who hunts
- Irish: bansealgaire — female who hunts
- Italian: cacciatrice — female who hunts
- Latin: vēnātrix — female who hunts
- Latvian: medniece — female who hunts
- Malayalam: വേട്ടക്കാരി (vēṭṭakkāri) — female who hunts
- Middle English: hunteresse — female who hunts
- Polish: myśliwa — female who hunts
- Polish: łowczyni — female who hunts
- Portuguese: caçadora — female who hunts
- Russian: охо́тница (oxótnica) — female who hunts
- Spanish: cazadora — female who hunts
- Telugu: వేటగత్తె (vēṭagatte) — female who hunts