huntsman
see also: Huntsman
Noun

huntsman (plural huntsmen)

  1. A hunter.
  2. (UK) A fox hunter.
  3. One who manages the hounds during a hunt.
  4. Any of the many species of large spiders of the family Sparassidae.
    • 2002, John Kinsella, The Wasps, in Divinations: Four Plays,
      to say trapdoors and huntsmans
    • 2012, Carrie Tiffany, Mateship with Birds, Pan Macmillan Australia, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CpayWGpqhg8C&pg=PT97&dq=%22huntsmen%22+spider+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3ZaKT-6ROOaXiQfkmajRCQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22huntsmen%22%20spider%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false unnumbered page],
      Two huntsmen spiders prowl Harry′s bedroom ceiling.

Huntsman
Proper noun
  1. Surname



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