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HEADHUNTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does headhunter mean? 

HEADHUNTER (noun)
  The noun HEADHUNTER has 2 senses:

1. a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations)play

2. a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophiesplay

  Familiarity information: HEADHUNTER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HEADHUNTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("headhunter" is a kind of...):

recruiter (someone who supplies members or employees)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

head-shrinker; headhunter

Hypernyms ("headhunter" is a kind of...):

barbarian; savage (a member of an uncivilized people)


 Context examples 


In this case, a collaborator or partner will be helpful to you—a financial advisor, a headhunter, coach, agent, mentor, or another middleman who can help your perspective and offer advice and make introductions.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Now that Mars will tour your partnership sector, it appears that whether or not you are self-employed, you will need a middleman to help you get ahead—a business partner, agent, lawyer, accountant, representative, headhunter, publicist, manager, or other such expert.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)



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