Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bowhuntress

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bowhuntress
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female bowhunter.

Example Sentences

"Mrs. Florence Pace, Cornell bowhuntress, found a way to beat the current meat shortage."
"One doesn’t read too many stories in the magazine written by these gals that hunt with the bow, but these bowhuntresses must have some interesting tales that would make good reading material."
"They [the prizes] are: […] 4, for first bowhuntress to bring deer to Kaibab Lodge desk clerk, a dozen Blackhawk arrows."
"Bowhuntress Jenny Candahl Levels An Arrow At The Target"
"Euretha Schomaker of Detroit was Michigan’s first successful bowhuntress."
"SLEEPING BEAUTY—Maybe this pretty bowhuntress can find an alarm clock and a rear view mirror at the Central Michigan Sport and Boat Show to help her improve her hunting."

Etymology

From bow + huntress, on model of bowhunter.

Inflected Forms

bowhuntresses (plural)

Questions

What does bowhuntress mean?: A female bowhunter.
Where does bowhuntress come from?: From bow + huntress, on model of bowhunter.

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