Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

personhunt

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-son-hunt
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"The Panther Sentinel is lauching^([sic]) a mass personhunt in an effort to recruit photographers and writers."
"When I was in college one of my old high school girlfriends ritually slaughtered her infant child, and was consequently the subject of a thirteen-state personhunt."
"The chief investigator on this massive personhunt is Sergeant Ogiv Fenlocki."
"No matter how out of sight the Londonmancers were, obscured by the matter of the city of which they were functions, Billy and Dane were the targets of the greatest personhunt in memory, and they could not risk bringing that sort of attention to the enjarred god."

Etymology

From person + hunt, after manhunt. Coined as a gender-neutral alternative.

Inflected Forms

personhunts (plural)

Questions

What does personhunt mean?: A manhunt.
Where does personhunt come from?: From person + hunt, after manhunt. Coined as a gender-neutral alternative.

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