Noun: huntsman
| Singular | huntsman |
| Plural | huntsmen; huntsmans |
Sample Sentences
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The huntsman spoke Davey’s lingo. [1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 77:]
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Although they do not make webs, female huntsmans at least have not lost the ability to produce silk. [1985, Living Australia, Dangerous Australians: The Complete Guide to Australia's Most Deadly Creatures, page 111:]
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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). [1995, Anne Kerle, Ayers Rock, the Olgas & Kings Canyon, Northern Territory, page 129:]
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to say trapdoors and huntsmans [2002, John Kinsella, “The Wasps”, in Divinations: Four Plays:]
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Two huntsmen spiders prowl Harry′s bedroom ceiling. [2012, Carrie Tiffany, Mateship with Birds, Pan Macmillan Australia, unnumbered page:]
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After the huntsman raced across my windscreen, I had an arachnophobic meltdown on the side of the road. [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, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2025:]
Nouns inflected like huntsman
ironman,
huntsman,
wasteman,
hoodman,
heliman,
sweeterman,
iron man,
batman,
common yeoman,
tenniswoman,
fremman,
Superman,
ragman,
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. English hunt
3. English -s-
4. Proto-Indo-European *mon-
5. Proto-Germanic *mann-
6. Proto-West Germanic *mann
7. Old English mann
8. Middle English man
9. Middle English -man
10. English -man
11. English huntsman
12. From hunt + -s- + -man.