huntress

[ huhn-tris ]

/ ˈhʌn trɪs /

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noun

a woman who hunts.

a mare used as a hunting horse.

Origin of huntress

First recorded in 1350–1400, huntress is from the Middle English word hunteresse.See hunter, -ess

usage note for huntress

See -ess.

Words nearby huntress

Huntington Park, Huntington's chorea, Huntington's disease, Huntington Station, hunting watch, huntress, Hunts, huntsman, huntsman's-cup, Hunt's neuralgia, Hunt's syndrome

Example sentences from the Web for huntress

The music industry has turned the Cosmo girl into the video vixen and the huntress.
Helen Gurley Brown’s Fashion Sense: the Power of Cleavage|Robin Givhan|August 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
"There is no ship like a privateer, and no privateer like the Huntress," he was saying.
The Windy Hill|Cornelia Meigs
We soon reached the scene of my encounter with the huntress.
The Wild Huntress|Mayne Reid
She will never make a huntress—her heart is cast in too soft a mould.
Canadian Crusoes|Catherine Parr Traill

If it might "seem right" to let him wait till the Huntress came by!
Captain January|Laura E. Richards
In pictures she was clothed as a huntress, carried a bow and arrows and wore a crescent in her hair.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10|Charles Herbert Sylvester