Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

huntress

/ˈhʌntɹɪs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables: huntress
IPA: /ˈhʌntɹɪs/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female hunter.

Literary

name

Example Sentences

"In those same woods ye well remember may / How that a noble hunteress did wonne [...]."
"Ashol-Pan, the daughter of a particularly celebrated hunter, may well be the country's only apprentice huntress."
"Grief and fear cannot rule you; let them be your faithful servants, protective of their mistress. Loss serves a huntress like fuel serves fire."

Etymology

A variant of hunteress, from Middle English hunteras, hunteres, hunteresse, equivalent to hunter + -ess, possibly on the model of the likes of mistress.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: hunteras
Suffix: hunter

Usage

Literary

Inflected Forms

huntresses (plural) hunteress (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

bowhuntress

Frequently Paired Words

hunt Hunter hunting Huntress huntsman

Questions

How do you pronounce huntress?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhʌntɹɪs/.
What does huntress mean?: A female hunter.
Where does huntress come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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