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scalphunters

scalphunters is the plural of scalphunter.

Meaning of scalphunter

Noun

scalphunter (plural scalphunters)

  1. A warrior who collects the scalps of vanquished enemies.
  2. An agent who vets potential defectors.
    • There is one class of spook we have not encountered as yet. This is the scalp-hunter, or defector-hunter. Quite often a scalp-hunter will be more valuable than almost any other intelligence operator.1982, Richard Deacon, With My Little Eye: The Memoirs of a Spy-Hunter, page 103

Questions about scalphunters

What is scalphunters the plural of?
Scalphunters is the plural of scalphunter.

Words near scalphunters in the dictionary

  1. scalpels
  2. scalper
  3. scalpers
  4. scalpes
  5. scalphunter
  6. scalphunters
  7. scalphunting
  8. scalpin
  9. scalping
  10. scalping knife
  11. scalping knives

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