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hunts·man

(hŭnts′mən)

1. A man who hunts.

2. A man who manages the hounds in the hunting field.

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huntsman

(ˈhʌntsmən)

n, pl -men

1. (Hunting) a person who hunts

2. (Hunting) a person who looks after and trains hounds, and manages them during a hunt

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

hunts•man

(ˈhʌnts mən)

n., pl. -men.

1. the member of a hunt staff who manages the hounds during the hunt.

2. a hunter.

[1560–70]

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Noun

huntsman - someone who hunts game

hunter

bounty hunter - a hunter who kills predatory wild animals in order to collect a bounty

courser - a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey

deer hunter - hunter of deer

duck hunter - hunter of ducks

falconer, hawker - a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry

fowler - someone who hunts wild birds for food

huntress - a woman hunter

lion-hunter - someone who hunts lions

pothunter - someone who hunts for food (not for sport)

skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills

snarer - someone who sets snares for birds or small animals

stalker - someone who stalks game

tracker - someone who tracks down game

trapper - someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs)

Translations

صَيّاد، قَنّاص

lovec

jæger

veiîimaîur

huntsman

[ˈhʌntsmən] N (huntsmen (pl)) (= hunter) → cazador m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

huntsman

[ˈhʌntsmən] n → chasseur m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

huntsman

n pl <-men> → Jagdreiter m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

huntsman

[ˈhʌntsmən] n (-men (pl)) → cacciatore m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

hunt

(hant) verb

1. to chase (animals etc) for food or for sport. He spent the whole day hunting (deer).

2. to pursue or drive out. The murderer was hunted from town to town.

noun

1. the act of hunting animals etc. a tiger hunt.

2. a search. I'll have a hunt for that lost necklace.

ˈhunter – feminine ˈhuntress – noun

a person who hunts.

ˈhunting noun

the activity of chasing animals etc for food or for sport.

ˈhuntsman (ˈhants-) noun

a hunter.

hunt down

to search for (someone or something) until found. The police hunted down the escaped prisoner.

hunt for

to search for. I've been hunting for that shoe all morning.

hunt high and low

to search everywhere.

hunt out

to search for (something that has been put away) until it is found. I'll hunt out that old photograph for you.

References in classic literature ?

The hounds of that ardent young sportsman Rostov had not merely reached hard winter condition, but were so jaded that at a meeting of the huntsmen it was decided to give them a three days' rest and then, on the sixteenth of September, to go on a distant expedition, starting from the oak grove where there was an undisturbed litter of wolf cubs.

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At that instant the two huntsmen heard a cry that was something like that of a mouse caught in a trap.

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I leapt over the tree because the huntsmen are shooting down there in the thicket.