huntress en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈhʌntɹɪs/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
A variant of hunteress, from Middle English hunteras, hunteres, hunteresse, equivalent to hunter + -ess, possibly on the model of the likes of mistress.
Meanings
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(literary) A female hunter.
In those same woods ye well remember may / How that a noble hunteress did wonne [...].
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:Ashol-Pan, the daughter of a particularly celebrated hunter, may well be the country's only apprentice huntress.
2014, William Kremer, “A 13-year-old eagle huntress in Mongolia”, in BBC World Service:Grief and fear cannot rule you; let them be your faithful servants, protective of their mistress. Loss serves a huntress like fuel serves fire.
2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Reminder:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| huntresses | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| hunteress | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
Huntsman · Hunter · Huntress · hunting · hunt · hunter · huntsman
Translations (23)
grc θηράτειρα (female who hunts) · fr chasseuse (female who hunts) · es cazadora (female who hunts) · ru охо́тница (female who hunts) · lv medniece (female who hunts) · fi metsästäjätär (female who hunts) · pt caçadora (female who hunts) · fr chasseresse (female who hunts) · grc κυνηγίς (female who hunts) · ca caçadora (female who hunts) · pl myśliwa (female who hunts) · ga bansealgaire (female who hunts) · ml വേട്ടക്കാരി (female who hunts) · nl jageres (female who hunts) · la vēnātrix (female who hunts) · cs lovkyně (female who hunts) · enm hunteresse (female who hunts) · te వేటగత్తె (female who hunts) · pl łowczyni (female who hunts) · de Jägerin (female who hunts) · ar صَائِدَة (female who hunts) · ar صَيَّادَة (female who hunts) · it cacciatrice (female who hunts)