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huntsman en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English hunt English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English huntsman From hunt + -s- + -man.

Meanings

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:
   • to say trapdoors and huntsmans 2002, John Kinsella, “The Wasps”, in Divinations: Four Plays:
   • Two huntsmen spiders prowl Harry′s bedroom ceiling. 2012, Carrie Tiffany, Mateship with Birds, Pan Macmillan Australia, unnumbered page:
   • 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:
   • After the huntsman raced across my windscreen, I had an arachnophobic meltdown on the side of the road. 2025 January 27, Alexandra Carlton, “The kindness of strangers: I pulled over in hysterics – then a passing driver saved me from the spider”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2025:

Forms

Deriveds

huntsmanship · Wild Huntsman · huntsman spider

Relateds

Huntsman · Hunter · Huntress · hunting · hunt · huntress · hunter

Translations (10)

enm huntere (Translations) · pl łowca (Translations) · gl monteiro (Translations) · vi thợ săn (Translations) · izh kyttämees (Translations) · enm hunte (Translations) · txb śerwe (Translations) · izh kyttä (Translations) · pl myśliwy (Translations) · izh jahtimees (Translations)