huntsman

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈhʌntsmən/ UK /ˈhʌntsmən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a man who hunts or who manages hounds during a hunt

The huntsman blew his horn to call the hounds together.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a man who hunts or who... hunter sportsmanstalkertrackervenator

Word family

Related forms hunt hunterhuntress

Etymology

A compound of hunts (genitive of hunt, from Old English huntian, 'to hunt') + man (Old English mann), denoting a man in charge of the hunt.

huntian Old English mann Old English

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# huntsman

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈhʌntsmən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈhʌntsmən/

## Meanings
1. a man who hunts or who manages hounds during a hunt

## Examples
- The huntsman blew his horn to call the hounds together.

## Synonyms
- hunter
- sportsman
- stalker
- tracker
- venator

## Related Forms
- hunt
- hunter
- huntress

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: huntian
- Root: mann

## Etymology
A compound of hunts (genitive of hunt, from Old English huntian, 'to hunt') + man (Old English mann), denoting a man in charge of the hunt.

## AI Etymology
huntsman is a compound of hunts (genitive of hunt, from Old English huntian, 'to hunt') + man (Old English mann), denoting a man in charge of the hunt. Morphologically, the word is best read through the components named in the history, with the modern spelling preserving a compound structure rather than a single unanalyzable stem. In present English, the noun sense is "a man who hunts or who manages hounds during a hunt", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as hunt, hunter, and huntress. Its semantic neighborhood includes hunter, sportsman, stalker, and tracker, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Old English huntian and Old English mann.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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