hunts·man

(hŭnts′mən)

1. A man who hunts.

2. A man who manages the hounds in the hunting field.

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huntsman

(ˈhʌntsmən)

n, pl -men

1. (Hunting) a person who hunts

2. (Hunting) a person who looks after and trains hounds, and manages them during a hunt

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

hunts•man

(ˈhʌnts mən)

n., pl. -men.

1. the member of a hunt staff who manages the hounds during the hunt.

2. a hunter.

[1560–70]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

huntsman - someone who hunts game

hunter

bounty hunter - a hunter who kills predatory wild animals in order to collect a bounty

courser - a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey

deer hunter - hunter of deer

duck hunter - hunter of ducks

falconer, hawker - a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry

fowler - someone who hunts wild birds for food

huntress - a woman hunter

lion-hunter - someone who hunts lions

pothunter - someone who hunts for food (not for sport)

skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills

snarer - someone who sets snares for birds or small animals

stalker - someone who stalks game

tracker - someone who tracks down game

trapper - someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs)

Translations

صَيّاد، قَنّاص

lovec

jæger

veiîimaîur

huntsman

[ˈhʌntsmən] N (huntsmen (pl)) (= hunter) → cazador m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

huntsman

[ˈhʌntsmən] n → chasseur m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

huntsman

n pl <-men> → Jagdreiter m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

huntsman

[ˈhʌntsmən] n (-men (pl)) → cacciatore m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

hunt

(hant) verb

1. to chase (animals etc) for food or for sport. He spent the whole day hunting (deer).

2. to pursue or drive out. The murderer was hunted from town to town.

noun

1. the act of hunting animals etc. a tiger hunt.

2. a search. I'll have a hunt for that lost necklace.

ˈhunter – feminine ˈhuntress – noun

a person who hunts.

ˈhunting noun

the activity of chasing animals etc for food or for sport.

ˈhuntsman (ˈhants-) noun

a hunter.

hunt down

to search for (someone or something) until found. The police hunted down the escaped prisoner.

hunt for

to search for. I've been hunting for that shoe all morning.

hunt high and low

to search everywhere.

hunt out

to search for (something that has been put away) until it is found. I'll hunt out that old photograph for you.

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References in classic literature

"O-hoy!" came at that moment, that inimitable huntsman's call which unites the deepest bass with the shrillest tenor, and round the corner came Daniel the head huntsman and head kennelman, a gray, wrinkled old man with hair cut straight over his forehead, Ukrainian fashion, a long bent whip in his hand, and that look of independence and scorn of everything that is only seen in huntsmen.

"Daniel!" Nicholas said timidly, conscious at the sight of the weather, the hounds, and the huntsman that he was being carried away by that irresistible passion for sport which makes a man forget all his previous resolutions, as a lover forgets in the presence of his mistress.

"What orders, your excellency?" said the huntsman in his deep bass, deep as a proto-deacon's and hoarse with hallooing- and two flashing black eyes gazed from under his brows at his master, who was silent.

"Daniel, tell them to saddle for us, and Michael must come with my dogs," she added to the huntsman.

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These words were said by a huntsman peacefully seated at the edge of the forest of Ile-Adam, who was finishing an Havana cigar while waiting for his companion, who had lost his way in the tangled underbrush of the wood.

"Where the devil are we?" said the stout huntsman, mopping his forehead and leaning against the trunk of a tree nearly opposite to his companion, for he felt unequal to the effort of leaping the ditch between them.

The poor discouraged huntsman sat down on a stone that supported the signpost, relieved himself of his gun and his gamebag, and heaved a long sigh.

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I killed two giants, I brought away one unicorn, and caught a wild boar, and am I to fear those who are standing outside the room.' When these men heard the tailor speaking thus, they were overcome by a great dread, and ran as if the wild huntsman were behind them, and none of them would venture anything further against him.

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