different between hunter vs huntress

English

Etymology

From Middle English hunter, huntere, honter, equivalent to hunt +? -er. Compare Old English hunta (“hunter”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?h?nt?/, [?h????]
• Hyphenation: hun?ter
• Rhymes: -?nt?(r)

Noun

hunter (plural hunters, feminine huntress)

1. One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
2. A dog used in hunting.
3. A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
   • 1857-1859, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Virginians

     a sound, swift, well-bred hunter and roadster

   • 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 480:

     Henry, laughing, spurs away his hunter under the dripping trees.

4. One who hunts or seeks after anything.

   The hunter becomes the hunted.

   a fortune hunter

   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine

     No keener hunter after glory breathes.

5. (psychology) A person who bottles up their aggression and eventually releases it explosively.

   Coordinate term: howler

   • 2008, J. Reid Meloy, Lorraine Sheridan, Jens Hoffmann, Stalking, Threatening, and Attacking Public Figures (page 121)

     Although their behavior does not have the same impact as hunters, howlers nevertheless distract the public figure and compel security and law enforcement […]

   • 2015, Steve Albrecht, Library Security: Better Communication, Safer Facilities

     Hunters stalk their targets, make detailed plans, acquire and practice with weapons, and try to hurt or kill people. Howlers make bomb threats to schools, malls, churches, businesses, and government offices.

6. A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.
7. A pocket watch with a spring-hinged circular metal cover that closes over the dial and crystal, protecting them from dust and scratches.

Hyponyms

• fortune hunter
• headhunter
• white hunter

Derived terms

• demi-hunter
• half-hunter
• headhunter

Related terms

• hunted
• hunting

Translations

See also

• hunter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Etymology

From hunten +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hunt?r/

Noun

hunter (plural hunters)

1. hunter

Descendants

• English: hunter

English

Alternative forms

• hunteress (obsolete)

Etymology

From hunter +? -ess, possibly on the model of the likes of mistress.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?nt??s/

Noun

huntress (plural huntresses, masculine hunter)

1. A female hunter.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.5:

     In those same woods ye well remember may / How that a noble hunteress did wonne [...].

   • 2014, William Kremer, A 13-year-old eagle huntress in Mongolia, BBC World Service:

     Ashol-Pan, the daughter of a particularly celebrated hunter, may well be the country's only apprentice huntress.

Translations

Anagrams

• shunters