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bowhuntress

bowhuntress noun: a female bowhunter.

Noun

bowhuntress (plural bowhuntresses)

  1. A female bowhunter.
    • Mrs. Florence Pace, Cornell bowhuntress, found a way to beat the current meat shortage.1946 October 3, “Bowhunters Bag Deer at Necedah: Florence Pace, Cornell, Gets Five Point Buck”, in Chippewa Herald-Telegram, Chippewa Falls, Wis., page six, column 1
    • One doesn’t read too many stories in the magazine written by these gals that hunt with the bow, but these bowhuntresses must have some interesting tales that would make good reading material.1955, The Bowhunter, page 7

Examples of bowhuntress in a sentence

  • They [the prizes] are: […] 4, for first bowhuntress to bring deer to Kaibab Lodge desk clerk, a dozen Blackhawk arrows.1958 September 7, Ben Avery, “Rod And Gun: Top Prize Selection Awaits Arizona Bowhunters In Special Archery Hunts”, in The Arizona...
  • Bowhuntress Jenny Candahl Levels An Arrow At The Target1961 August 27, “Blackhawk Bowhunters Gather In Greenwood Behind Onalaska H.S.”, in The La Crosse Sunday Tribune, volume 57, number 102, La...
  • Euretha Schomaker of Detroit was Michigan’s first successful bowhuntress.1963, Arnold O. Haugen, Harlan G. Metcalf, “Development of Modern Bowhunting”, in Field Archery and Bowhunting, New York, N.Y.: The Ronald...
  • SLEEPING BEAUTY—Maybe this pretty bowhuntress can find an alarm clock and a rear view mirror at the Central Michigan Sport and Boat Show to help her improve her hunting.1963 March 12, The State Journal, Lansing–East Lansing, Mich., page B-2:

Forms of bowhuntress

pluralbowhuntresses

Origin of bowhuntress

From bow + huntress, on model of bowhunter.

Questions about bowhuntress

What does bowhuntress mean?
Bowhuntress means a female bowhunter.
How do you use bowhuntress in a sentence?
They [the prizes] are: […] 4, for first bowhuntress to bring deer to Kaibab Lodge desk clerk, a dozen Blackhawk arrows.
What part of speech is bowhuntress?
Bowhuntress is a noun.
What is the plural of bowhuntress?
The plural of bowhuntress is bowhuntresses.

Words near bowhuntress in the dictionary

  1. bowhunt
  2. bowhunted
  3. bowhunter
  4. bowhunters
  5. bowhunting
  6. bowhuntress
  7. bowhuntresses
  8. bowhunts
  9. bowie
  10. Bowie County
  11. bowie knife

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