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huntress.

A female hunter.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhʌntɹɪs/
  1. A female hunter.

    literary
Where this word comes from

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

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