huntsman
/hˈʌntsmən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A hunter.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "The huntsman spoke Davey’s lingo."
- "Although they do not make webs, female huntsmans at least have not lost the ability to produce silk."
- "The majority of desert-dwelling spiders are large burrowing spiders; the Barking Spiders Selenoeosmia stirlingi, mouse spiders, wolf spiders (Fig. 5.47), huntsmen and trapdoor spiders (Fig. 5.48)."
- "to say trapdoors and huntsmans"
- "Two huntsmen spiders prowl Harry′s bedroom ceiling."
- "After the huntsman raced across my windscreen, I had an arachnophobic meltdown on the side of the road."
Etymology
Etymology tree English hunt English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English huntsman From hunt + -s- + -man.
Usage
- British usage