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Definition of Huntress
1. Noun. A woman hunter.
Definition of Huntress
1. n. A woman who hunts or follows the chase; as, the huntress Diana.
Definition of Huntress
1. Noun. A female hunter. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Huntress
1. a female hunter [n -ES] - See also: hunter
Medical Definition of Huntress
1. A woman who hunts or follows the chase; as, the huntress Diana. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Huntress
Literary usage of Huntress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Poems by Walter Cochrane Bronson (1909)
"BEN JONSON QUEEN AND huntress, CHASTE AND FAIR Queen and huntress, chaste and
fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, ..."
2. The American Jurist and Law Magazine (1843)
"THE huntress. The owners of a steamboat employed in carrying passengers and
merchandize between port and port are responsible to shippers of goods as common ..."
3. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1910)
"huntress, arrowy to pursue, In and out of woody glen, Under cliffs that tear the
blue, Over torrent, over fen, She and forest, where she skims Feathery, ..."
4. The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1895)
"CHAPTER XXX Ofwhat befell Don Quixote with a fair huntress KNIGHT and squire
returned to their animals sufficiently melancholy and out of humour, ..."