huntsman

huntsman

See also: Huntsman

English

A huntsman (genus Holconia, unidentified species)

Wikispecies

Etymology

From hunt +‎ -s- +‎ -man.

Pronunciation

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Noun

huntsman (plural huntsmen or huntsmans) (see usage notes)

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.
   • 1985, Living Australia, Dangerous Australians: The Complete Guide to Australia's Most Deadly Creatures‎, page 111:

     Although they do not make webs, female huntsmans at least have not lost the ability to produce silk.

   • 1995, Anne Kerle, Ayers Rock, the Olgas & Kings Canyon, Northern Territory‎, page 129:

     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).

   • 2002, John Kinsella, The Wasps, in Divinations: Four Plays,

     to say trapdoors and huntsmans

   • 2012, Carrie Tiffany, Mateship with Birds, Pan Macmillan Australia, unnumbered page,

     Two huntsmen spiders prowl Harry′s bedroom ceiling.

Usage notes

The plural form huntsmans applies only in the sense of spider, although huntsmen is probably more common.

Derived terms

• huntsman spider

Related terms

• hunt
• Hunter
• hunter
• hunting
• huntress
• Huntress
• Huntsman

 

Translations

Translations

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Galician: monteiro m Tocharian B: śerwe Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Hunting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Huntsman spider on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• manhunts