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huntsman

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English

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A huntsman (genus Holconia, unidentified species)
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Etymology

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From hunt +‎ -s- +‎ -man.

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Noun

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huntsman (plural huntsmen or huntsmans) (see usage notes)

  1. A hunter.
  2. (UK) A fox hunter.
  3. One who manages the hounds during a hunt.
  4. Any of the many species of large spiders of the family Sparassidae.
    • 1985, Living Australia, Dangerous Australians: The Complete Guide to Australia's Most Deadly Creatures‎[1], page 111:
      Although they do not make webs, female huntsmans at least have not lost the ability to produce silk.
    • 1995, Anne Kerle, Ayers Rock, the Olgas & Kings Canyon, Northern Territory‎[2], page 129:
      The majority of desert-dwelling spiders are large burrowing spiders; the Barking Spiders Selenoeosmia stirlingi, mouse spiders, wolf spiders (Fig. 5.47), huntsmen and trapdoor spiders (Fig. 5.48).
    • 2002, John Kinsella, “The Wasps”, in Divinations: Four Plays:
      to say trapdoors and huntsmans
    • 2012, Carrie Tiffany, Mateship with Birds, Pan Macmillan Australia, unnumbered page:
      Two huntsmen spiders prowl Harry′s bedroom ceiling.
    • 2025 January 27, Alexandra Carlton, “The kindness of strangers: I pulled over in hysterics – then a passing driver saved me from the spider”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[3], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 January 2025:
      After the huntsman raced across my windscreen, I had an arachnophobic meltdown on the side of the road.

Usage notes

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The plural form huntsmans applies only in the sense of spider, and huntsmen is probably more common.

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