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^[1], 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^[2], 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
• Ingrian: jahtimees, kyttä, kyttämees
• Polish: myśliwy (pl) m, łowca (pl) m
• Tocharian B: śerwe
• Vietnamese: thợ săn

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• manhunts