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HUNTSMAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who hunts game
Synonyms:
hunter; huntsman
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("huntsman" is a kind of...):
skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "huntsman"):
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))
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))
Instance hyponyms:
Nimrod ((Old Testament) a famous hunter)
Context examples:
When they were all assembled together, he said to the huntsman: “As you are so clever, you shall sit by me.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
I dare not shoot at him, said the huntsman, for I should kill the beautiful young lady also.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
He replied: “Lord King, your majesty must excuse me, I am a poor huntsman.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
The huntsman was just passing the house, and thought to himself: “How the old woman is snoring! I must just see if she wants anything.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Then the huntsman promised to procure as much game for him as he could possibly use at the royal table.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
I leapt over the tree because the huntsmen are shooting down there in the thicket.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
It came to pass that one evening he said to the king: “You think you have twelve huntsmen?” “Yes,” said the king, “they are twelve huntsmen.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
The little tailor called the huntsmen thither that they might see the prisoner with their own eyes.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
With all my heart, said the huntsman; I am sure I shall be glad to save you, for I could not have shot you.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Alas! said the huntsman; the king has ordered me to shoot you.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
