huntress
noun
hunt·ress ˈhən-trəs 
: a woman who hunts game
also : a female animal that hunts prey
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web As mentioned, vampire Juliette is played by Sarah Catherine Hook and while her huntress lover Calliope is portrayed by Imani Lewis. 
Seventeen, 17 May 2022 Zhang is Milva, a human adopted by the dryads of Brokilon Forest who is a fierce and talented huntress. Jordan Moreau, Variety, 14 Apr. 2022 Marie-Aurore de Saxe, a French noblewoman and freethinker, was painted in the guise of Diana, the huntress, wearing a leopard-print gown with billowing sleeves and a plunging bosom. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022 The protagonist is a huntress who agrees to travel to a magical realm with a faerie lord, in exchange for her family's safety. Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 14 Jan. 2022 The animated fantasy show RWBY is set in a world filled with horrific monsters bent on death and destruction, and where humanity’s hope lies with powerful huntsmen and huntresses. Clark Collis, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2019 Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, and Yang Xiao Long are four such huntresses in training whose journeys will take them far past the grounds of their school, Beacon Academy. Clark Collis, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2019 Sony showed off Aloy, the formidable huntress star of Horizon: Zero Dawn. Carolyn Petit, WIRED, 14 June 2019 Roberts is the face of Chasseresse, which means huntress in French. Laird Borrelli-persson, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2018 See More
Seventeen, 17 May 2022 Zhang is Milva, a human adopted by the dryads of Brokilon Forest who is a fierce and talented huntress. Jordan Moreau, Variety, 14 Apr. 2022 Marie-Aurore de Saxe, a French noblewoman and freethinker, was painted in the guise of Diana, the huntress, wearing a leopard-print gown with billowing sleeves and a plunging bosom. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022 The protagonist is a huntress who agrees to travel to a magical realm with a faerie lord, in exchange for her family's safety. Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 14 Jan. 2022 The animated fantasy show RWBY is set in a world filled with horrific monsters bent on death and destruction, and where humanity’s hope lies with powerful huntsmen and huntresses. Clark Collis, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2019 Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, and Yang Xiao Long are four such huntresses in training whose journeys will take them far past the grounds of their school, Beacon Academy. Clark Collis, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2019 Sony showed off Aloy, the formidable huntress star of Horizon: Zero Dawn. Carolyn Petit, WIRED, 14 June 2019 Roberts is the face of Chasseresse, which means huntress in French. Laird Borrelli-persson, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2018 See More Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
huntress
noun
as in hunter
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- hunter
- huntsman
- sportsman
- archer
- sportswoman
- falconer
- fowler
- trapper
- birder
- hawker
- nimrod
- gunner
- hunter-gatherer
- poacher
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- nonhunter