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falconers

falconers is the plural of falconer.

Meaning of falconer

Noun

falconer (plural falconers)

  1. A person who breeds or trains hawks or other birds of prey.
    • And to add force to his remonstrances, he conferred a cuff or two on the negligent attendant of the hawks, who, shouting rather louder than was necessary under all the circumstances, brought the master falconer to his assistance.1820, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and...
  2. One who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.

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Questions about falconers

What is falconers the plural of?
Falconers is the plural of falconer.

Words near falconers in the dictionary

  1. Falconara Marittima
  2. falcondoite
  3. Falcone
  4. falconed
  5. falconer
  6. falconers
  7. Falcones
  8. falconet
  9. falconets
  10. Falconi
  11. falconid

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