huntsman
noun
- someone who hunts animals with a gun or other weapons
Wiktionary
name
Etymology: From huntsman.
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English hunt English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English huntsman From hunt + -s- + -man.
- A hunter.
“The huntsman spoke Davey’s lingo.”
- A fox hunter.
- One who manages the hounds during a hunt.
- Any of the many species of large spiders of the family Sparassidae.
“Although they do not make webs, female huntsmans at least have not lost the ability to produce silk.”
“The majority of desert-dwelling spiders are large burrowing spiders; the Barking Spiders Selenoeosmia stirlingi, mouse spiders, wolf spiders (Fig. 5.47), huntsmen and trapdoor spiders (Fig. 5.48).”