falconer

See also Falconer

English

Etymology

From Old French faulconnier, fauconnier, from faulcon (“falcon”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈfɒlˌkən.ə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"fQl.k@n.@(r)/

Noun

falconer (plural falconers)

1. A person who breeds or trains hawks or other birds of prey for taking birds or game.
2. One who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.

Related terms

• falconry

Synonyms

• hawker

Translations

a person who breeds or trains hawks

• Dutch: valkenier (nl) m
• French: fauconnier (fr) m
• Georgian: ბაზიერი (ka) (bazieri)
• German: Falkner (de) m
• Greek: γερακάρης (el) (gerakáris) m
• Hungarian: solymász (hu), solymár (hu)

• Italian: falconiere (it) m
• Macedonian: соколар (mk) (sokolár) m
• Manx: shawkeyr (gv) m
• Polish: sokolnik (pl) m
• Russian: сокольник (ru) (sokól'nik) m, сокольничий (ru) (sokól'ničij) m
• Spanish: halconero (es) m, halconera (es) f

one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks

• German: Falkner (de) m
• Italian: falconiere (it) m

• Macedonian: соколар (mk) (sokolár) m
• Spanish: cetrero (es) m, cetrera (es) f

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• Italian: falconiere m

References

• falconer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913