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huntsman

huntsman noun: a hunter.

huntsman: a hunter
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Noun

huntsman (plural huntsmen or huntsmans)

  1. A hunter.
    • The huntsman spoke Davey’s lingo.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 77
  2. (UK) A fox hunter.
  3. One who manages the hounds during a hunt.
  4. Any of the many species of large spiders of the family Sparassidae.
    • Although they do not make webs, female huntsmans at least have not lost the ability to produce silk.1985, Living Australia, Dangerous Australians: The Complete Guide to Australia's Most Deadly Creatures, page 111
    • The majority of desert-dwelling spiders are large burrowing spiders; the Barking Spiders Selenoeosmia stirlingi, mouse spiders, wolf spiders (Fig. 5.47), huntsmen and trapdoor spiders (Fig. 5.48).1995, Anne Kerle, Ayers Rock, the Olgas & Kings Canyon, Northern Territory, page 129

Proper noun capitalized: Huntsman

Huntsman (plural Huntsmans)

  1. A surname.

huntsman meaning in Urdu, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada

huntsman in Urdu

شکاری

huntsman in Telugu

a huntsman, a fowler
షికారీ ṣikārī

huntsman in Malayalam

വേടൻ, വേട്ടക്കാരൻ, നായാട്ടുപ്രമാണി

huntsman in Kannada

ಬೇಡ, ಕಾಟ
More languagesFewer languages
huntsman in Nepali
हन्टसम्यान
huntsman in Vietnamese
thợ săn

Examples of huntsman in a sentence

  • The huntsman was purled from his horse.
  • Huntsman spiders of the family have also been termed "tarantulas" because of their large size.
  • They go, but are overwhelmed by an avalanche, while the wife and the huntsman escape unharmed.

All 13 example sentences with huntsman

Forms of huntsman

Noun
pluralhuntsmen
pluralhuntsmans
Proper noun
pluralHuntsmans

Plural of huntsman: huntsmen or huntsmans

Origin of huntsman

From hunt + -s- + -man.

From huntsman.

Words formed from huntsman

Phrases with huntsman

Questions about huntsman

What does huntsman mean?
Huntsman means a hunter.
What is huntsman in Urdu?
Huntsman in Urdu is شکاری. See Huntsman meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is huntsman?
Huntsman can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of huntsman?
The plural of huntsman is huntsmen.

Words near huntsman in the dictionary

  1. hunts up
  2. hunts where the ducks are
  3. hunts where the ducks were
  4. Huntsinger
  5. Huntsingers
  6. huntsman
  7. huntsman spider
  8. huntsman spiders
  9. huntsman's cup
  10. huntsman's-cup
  11. huntsmans

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: huntsman (page history and authors); Huntsman (page history and authors); huntsman (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); షికారీ (Telugu) (page history and authors); huntsman (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); huntsman (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); huntsman (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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