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headhunters

headhunters is the plural of headhunter.

Meaning of headhunter

Noun

headhunter (plural headhunters)

  1. A person who practises headhunting, the taking and preserving of a person's head after killing them.
    • We were accommodated here in the verandah of the large house, in which were several great baskets of dried human heads, the trophies of past generations of head-hunters.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 84
  2. One who recruits skilled personnel, especially executive-level ones, for a company.
    • Near-synonyms: recruiter, talent scout
  3. A pitcher who throws at the batter's head.
    • Thankfully, there aren't many headhunters in the modern game.
  4. A player who uses a hockey stick to attempt to strike an opponent's head.
    • He is known as a goon and a headhunter.

Questions about headhunters

What is headhunters the plural of?
Headhunters is the plural of headhunter.

Words near headhunters in the dictionary

  1. headhouse
  2. headhouses
  3. headhunt
  4. headhunted
  5. headhunter
  6. headhunters
  7. headhunting
  8. headhuntings
  9. headhunts
  10. headie
  11. headier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: headhunters (page history and authors); headhunter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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