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Vinony

huntress

noun

No English definition recorded for this entry.

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈhʌntɹɪs/

name

Etymology: Feminine form of Hunter.

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: A variant of hunteress, from Middle English hunteras, hunteres, hunteresse, equivalent to hunter + -ess, possibly on the model of the likes of mistress.

  1. A female hunter.

    “In those same woods ye well remember may / How that a noble hunteress did wonne [...].”

    “Ashol-Pan, the daughter of a particularly celebrated hunter, may well be the country's only apprentice huntress.”