huntsman
noun
hunts·man
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Definition of huntsman
1
: hunter sense 1a
2
: a person who manages a hunt and looks after the hounds
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Examples of huntsman in a Sentence
the huntsman presented the king with two pheasants for the royal table
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Sent by an evil queen to capture an escaped princess, a huntsman instead becomes the young woman’s protector and helps her in her quest to regain control of her kingdom. — Los Angeles Times, "Movies on TV this week Sept. 1 - 7, 2019: John Wayne in ‘The Searchers’ and more," 30 Aug. 2019 Unlike other spiders that use webs to ensnare their prey, huntsman chase theirs down and immobilize them using venom. — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, "A spider ate a possum. The photos are the ‘stuff of nightmares.’," 19 June 2019 But the most important shows him as a boy on the cusp of adolescence, wearing a blue suit and carrying a rifle in the pose of a huntsman. — Thomas Hine, Philly.com, "At Barnes, two Renoirs - father and son - share one show, diminishing the impact of both," 3 May 2018 Similar to today’s black widows and huntsman spiders, C. yingi had silk-producing spinnerets near its rear end. — Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, "Spider-like Creature With a Scorpion’s Tail Found Trapped in Amber," 5 Feb. 2018 President Trump is nominating former utah governor jon huntsman as the ambassador to Russia. — Philip Bump, Washington Post, "This is what Trump heard when he watched 'Fox and Friends' as president," 19 Jan. 2018 In 2008, a huntsman spider was named Heteropoda davidbowie to celebrate the artist. — Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, "Newly Discovered Ancient Wasp Species Gets Its Name from David Bowie," 23 June 2017 In 2016, video of a huntsman spider scaling the side of a refrigerator while toting a dead mouse went viral. — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, "A spider ate a possum. The photos are the ‘stuff of nightmares.’," 19 June 2019 In 2008, a huntsman spider was named Heteropoda davidbowie to celebrate the artist. — Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, "Newly Discovered Ancient Wasp Species Gets Its Name from David Bowie," 23 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'huntsman.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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huntsman
noun
English Language Learners Definition of huntsman
formal
: a person (especially a man) who hunts wild animals
: a person (especially a man) who manages a group of people who are hunting wild animals
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huntsman
noun
hunts·man
| \ ˈhənt-smən
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plural huntsmen\ -smən \