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Definition: Huntsman |
HuntsmanNoun1. Someone who hunts game. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "huntsman" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In general, members of the huntsman family of spiders are not regarded as dangerous. That being said, there are reports of members of the genus Neosparassus (formerly called Olios) giving bites that have caused prolonged pain, inflammation, headache, vomiting, and irregular pulse rate. It is unclear under what circumstances these spiders bite people, but it is known that female members of this family are quite brave in defending their egg sacs and their young. They are fairly large spiders and they make a readily apparent threat display when their nests are threatened. Ordinarily members of this family run away from humans with great celerity, but if someone were to ignore a mother spider's threat display then they might get bitten. These spiders can move at extremely high speeds for their size, and a human who had become accustomed to the relatively slow responses of other spiders might tease a spider and then be unable to escape its attack. The eyesight of these spiders is not nearly as good as that of the Salticidae (jumping spiders), and it is possible that a huntsman spider might misidentify a human's finger as a tempting caterpiller, rush over, and bite it by mistake. These spiders are not adverse to entering automobiles and houses, so many humans have noticed them. They are large as well as being extremely fast, and, besides that, they can run on surfaces such as glass window panes, walls, and ceilings, and may remain on those surfaces for long periods of time searching for prey. Therefore it is more than a little likely that they will quickly draw attention to themselves whenever they happen to enter areas frequented by people. Fortunately for humans, however, they are generally good neighbors and they are avid hunters of detested insect pests such as cockroaches.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Huntsman."
Synonym: HuntsmanSynonym: hunter (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Killing | Slaughtering; phthisozoics; sport, sporting; the chase, venery; hunting, coursing, shooting, fishing; pig-sticking; sportsman, huntsman, fisherman; hunter, Nimrod; slaughterhouse, meat packing plant, shambles, abattoir. |
Pursuit | Pursuer; hunter, huntsman; shikari, sportsman, Nimrod; hound. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Huntsman |
| English words defined with "huntsman": Cap money ♦ Huntsmen ♦ Whipperin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "huntsman": Actaeon, Agatha ♦ Hubert, Humble Pie, Hunters and Runners ♦ Max ♦ Wild Huntsman. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "huntsman": Montero. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Huntsman (1972) Huntsman 5.1 (1999) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Richard Davis, huntsman to his majesty's harriers, 1789-1812. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Huntsman Spider" by Dennis Bale Commentary: "A huntsman spider sits on a glove." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Author | Quotation |
Oliver Goldsmith | He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, for he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back. |
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Economic History | Armenia | A number of multinational companies are now operating in Armenia, including Coca-Cola, Huntsman, KPMG, Marriott International, ABB, Alcatel, GlaxoWellcome, HSBC, and Pernod Ricard. (references) |
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| "Huntsman" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 89.36% of the time. "Huntsman" is used about 47 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 89.36% | 42 | 52,864 |
| Noun (proper) | 10.64% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 47 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "huntsman" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Huntsman | Last name | 1,000 | 7,898 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Huntsman Polymers Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "huntsman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | gjuetar (gunner, Hunter, montero), gjahtar (chaser, gun, Hunter). (various references) | |
Arabic | قناص (hunter), صياد (gunner, hunter, pothunter, shooter). (various references) | |
Czech | lovec (gun, Hunter). (various references) | |
French | chasseur (hunter). (various references) | |
German | Waidmann, Jägersmann. (various references) | |
Greek | κυνηγόσ (huntress, trapper). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vadászlegény. (various references) | |
Italian | cacciatore (Hunter). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 猟師 (hunter). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | りょうし (both persons, fisherman, good teacher, hunter, quantum, writing paper). (various references) | |
Manx | shelgeyr (chaser, hunter, shooter, sportsman). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | untsmanhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | organizador de caa, caador (gunner, hunter, hunting). (various references) | |
Romanian | vânãtor (chaser, gunner, Hunter, shooter, stalker), îngrijitor al câinilor de vânãtoare. (various references) | |
Russian | охотник (fowler, gun, hunter, montero, shikaree, shikari, tracker, trapper). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | lovac (bishop, fowler, hunter, pursuit plane, shikaree, shikari). (various references) | |
Spanish | montero, cazador (chasing, destroyer, gun, hunter, shooter). (various references) | |
Swedish | jägare (chaser, courser, gun, Hunter). (various references) | |
Thai | นายพราน. (various references) | |
Turkish | erkek avcı, avcı (birdman, chaser, Fowler, gun, Hunter, hunting, huntress, shikari, shooter, skirmisher, trapper), av köpekleri bakıcısı. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | єгер (velveteen, yager), мисливець (sportsman, springer, tracker, trapper). (various references) | |
Welsh | heliwr (hunter). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | venator. (various references) |
| German | 100 BCE-Modern | Jger. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | hunta. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Huntsman" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Hansemann, Hansma, Hauptman, Heintzman, hentman, Holtzman, Holtzmann. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "huntsman" (pronounced hu"ntsmun) |
| 5 | -t s m u n | craftsman, craftsmen, draftsman, draftsmen, sportsman, statesman, yachtsman. |
| 4 | -s m u n | baseman, chessman, congressman, desman, horseman, horsemen, houseman, marksman, messman, policeman, pressman, spokesman, talisman. |
| 3 | -m u n | famine, ferryman, fireman, firemen, Firman, abdomen, acumen, adman, admen, airman, albumin, alderman, antihistamine, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, backwoodsman, Badman, bagman, barman, bayman, bellman, Benjamin, bitumen, Boardman, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, cameraman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, cattlemen, Cayman, chairman, chairwoman, Chapman, chrismon, churchman, churchmen, cinnamon, clergyman, coachman, cochairman, committeeman, common, congresswoman, corpsman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, crewman, daemon, dairymen, Daman, demon, determine, Dolman, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Ermine, Everyman, examine, footman, foramen, foreman, foremen, forewoman, Freedman, Freeman, freshman, gammon, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, german, Goodman, gunman, hangman, headman, headsman, henchman, henchmen, Herdman, Hetman, human, hymen, illumine, infantryman, inhuman, jasmine, Kirkman, Landman, landsman, lawman, layman, laymen, Leman, lemon, Letterman, Liman, Lineman, linemen, lobsterman, longshoremen, lumen, madmen, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nonhuman, nurserymen, oarsman, ombudsman, omen, ottoman, Outman, overman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policewoman, postman, predetermine, Pullman, ragmen, reexamine, regimen, rifleman, Rodman, roman, rumen, salarymen, salesman, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmon, seaman, seamen, seedsman, semen, sermon, shaman, Shipman, showman, Spearman, specimen, spokeswoman, Stillman, Stockman, subhuman, summon, superhuman, superwoman, Telamon, thiamin, timberman, Titman, Toman, townsman, tradesmen, trainmen, uncommon, vitamin, watchman, Waterman, watermen, wingman, wireman, woman, women, Woodman, woodsmen, Woolman, workman, yeoman. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: manhunts. | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-m-n-n-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: manhunt, stannum. | |
-2 letters: haunts, humans, sunnah, suntan, unhats, unmans. | |
-3 letters: aunts, hants, haunt, human, hunts, manus, maths, mauts, musth, shunt, snath, sunna, tunas, unhat, unman. | |
-4 letters: amus, ants, anus, aunt, hams, hant, hast, hats, haut, hums, huns, hunt, huts, mans, mash, mast, math, mats, maun, maut, muns, mush, must, muts, nans, nuns, nuts, sham. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-m-n-n-s-t-u" | |
+2 letters: lanthanums. | |
+3 letters: inhumations, transhumant. | |
+4 letters: antihumanism, antirrhinums, inhumanities, languishment, transhumance, transhumants. | |
+5 letters: antihumanisms, humanitarians, humanizations, languishments, multichannels, transhumances. | |
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