huntress

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈhʌntɹɪs/

Definition of huntress

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (literary)A female hunter.
    “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.”
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noun

  1. (literary)A female hunter.
    “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.”

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

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

Anagrams of huntress

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7-letter words

3 words

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4-letter words

62 words

3-letter words

38 words

2-letter words

15 words

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