name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
huntsman
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CMU ARPABET: HH AH1 N T S M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A hunter.
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noun
Meaning 3
A fox hunter.
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Usage: UK
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noun
Meaning 4
One who manages the hounds during a hunt.
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noun
Meaning 5
Any of the many species of large spiders of the family Sparassidae.
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noun
Meaning 6
someone who hunts game
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hunter
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Broader terms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman
Narrower terms: bounty hunter, courser, deer hunter, duck hunter, falconer, hawker, fowler, huntress, lion-hunter, pothunter, snarer, stalker, tracker, trapper, Nimrod
History
Etymology
From huntsman.
Etymology tree English hunt English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English huntsman From hunt + -s- + -man.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Galician: monteiro — Translations
- Ingrian: jahtimees — Translations
- Ingrian: kyttä — Translations
- Ingrian: kyttämees — Translations
- Middle English: huntere — Translations
- Middle English: hunte — Translations
- Polish: myśliwy — Translations
- Polish: łowca — Translations
- Tocharian B: śerwe — Translations
- Vietnamese: thợ săn — Translations
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