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/hˈəntsmən/ Listen

noun

Huntsman n. (pl. huntsmen)

One who hunts, or who practices hunting.

The person whose office it is to manage the chase or to look after the hounds.

Huntsman's cup (Bot.), the sidesaddle flower, or common American pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea).

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Etymology of 'Huntsman'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Huntsman" Quotes from Famous Books

... the uproar there was an imperative rap upon the table, and my uncle rose to speak. As he stood with his pale, calm face and fine figure, I had never seen him to greater advantage, for he seemed, with all his elegance, to have a quiet air of domination amongst these fierce fellows, like a huntsman walking carelessly through a springing and yapping pack. He expressed his pleasure at seeing so many good sportsmen under one roof, and acknowledged the honour which had been done both to his guests and himself by the ...

— Rodney Stone • Arthur Conan Doyle

... upon the glades of the oak forest. The green boughs glittered with all their pearls of dew. The hind led her fawn from the covert of high fern to the more open walks of the greenwood, and no huntsman was there to watch or intercept the stately hart, as he paced at the head ...

— Ivanhoe - A Romance • Walter Scott

... in a succinct huntsman's tunic, with subligacula, or drawers, reaching to within a hand's breadth of his knee, was loitering near the corner, gazing wistfully on Arvina; and, as Aulus muttered those words half aloud, he jerked his ...

— The Roman Traitor (Vol. 2 of 2) • Henry William Herbert

... still alleges that her grave was dug where the dark "Eagle Crag" shoots out its cold bare peak into the sky. Often, it is said, on the eve of All-Hallows, do the hound and the milk-white doe meet on the crag—a spectre huntsman in full chase. The belated peasant crosses himself at the sound as he remembers the fate of "The Witch of ...

— Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) • John Roby

... and Mr. Raymond stood in the doorway, between Bill Udy and Jim the Huntsman. Bill Udy held a brazen ewer and paten, and Jim a hammer; and Mr. Raymond had a hand on one ...

— The Ship of Stars • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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