huntress

noun

hunt·​ress ˈhən-trəs How to pronounce huntress (audio)
: a woman who hunts game
also : a female animal that hunts prey

Examples of huntress in a Sentence

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Striking six-foot-tall huntress Haley Fitzgerald of Spruced Plume hunts to eat. Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024 Pure Evil dispatches Fianna (Rachel House), a huntress who shoots fire lasers from her eyes, to secure the map by any means necessary. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024 Are Antlers Horns? (Credit:Chamois huntress/Shutterstock) Frequently used interchangeably, antlers and horns are quite different. Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2023 Yet even as Daisy Ridley acts with a wary urgency, the upshot is that Helena, raised not by wolves but by a kind of human wolf, is supposed to be a huntress to her bones. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023 See all Example Sentences for huntress 

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of huntress was in the 14th century

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“Huntress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/huntress. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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huntress

noun
hunt·​ress ˈhən-trəs How to pronounce huntress (audio)
: a woman who hunts game

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