HUNTSMAN
Dictionary entry overview: What does huntsman mean?
• HUNTSMAN (noun)
The noun HUNTSMAN has 1 sense:
1. someone who hunts game
Familiarity information: HUNTSMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HUNTSMAN (noun)
Meaning:
Someone who hunts game
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
hunter; huntsman
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)
trapper (someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs))
tracker (someone who tracks down game)
stalker (someone who stalks game)
snarer (someone who sets snares for birds or small animals)
pothunter (someone who hunts for food (not for sport))
lion-hunter (someone who hunts lions)
huntress (a woman hunter)
fowler (someone who hunts wild birds for food)
falconer; hawker (a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry)
duck hunter (hunter of ducks)
deer hunter (hunter of deer)
courser (a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey)
Instance hyponyms:
Nimrod ((Old Testament) a famous hunter)
