different between falconer vs falconet

English

Etymology

From Middle English fauconer, from Old French falconer, fauconer, from faucon (“falcon”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f?l.k?n.?(?)/, /?f??k.n?(?)/, and similar variations
• (US) IPA^(key): /?fælk?n?/

Noun

falconer (plural falconers)

1. A person who breeds or trains hawks or other birds of prey for taking birds or game.
2. One who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.

Synonyms

• hawker

Related terms

• falconry

Translations

References

• falconer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Florance

Old French

Alternative forms

• fauconer (Anglo-Norman)
• fauconier
• fauconnier

Etymology

falcon +? -er.

Noun

falconer m (oblique plural falconers, nominative singular falconers, nominative plural falconer)

1. (Anglo-Norman) falconer (person who breeds or trains hawks)

Descendants

• ? English: falconer
• French: fauconnier

English

Etymology

falcon +? -et

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fæl.k?.n?t/

Noun

falconet (plural falconets)

1. A small or young falcon.
2. Any of various small, tropical Asian falcons of the genus Microhierax found in Southeast Asia.
3. (military, historical) A light cannon developed in the late 15th century and decorated with an image of a falcon.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• falconet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Microhierax on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• conflate, lactofen