headhuntern.

Brit.

/ˈhɛdˌhʌntə/, U.S.

/ˈhɛdˌ(h)ən(t)ər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, hunter n.

Etymology: < head n.¹ + hunter n.

1. With reference to certain tribal societies: a person who decapitates an enemy and preserves the head as a trophy; a person who hunts or kills people for this purpose. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > killer for specific reason or type of person > [noun] > to obtain (part of) body

skull-hunter1706

headhunter1800

Burkite1830

burker1831

headshrinker1921

1800 Philos. Mag. Apr. 201 The fortunate head-hunter receives presents from all the company, who dance and afterwards partake of a repast.

1853 H. Keppel Visit to Indian Archipel. I. 141 A chief named Dungdong..had..adopted the Dyak costume, and become a notorious head-hunter.

1915 E. S. Curtis In Land of Head-hunters 5 In warfare they are head-hunters with small regard for life, and ceremonial cannibalism is not unknown.

1942 National Geographic Mag. June 765/1 Some [of the natives] were savage, naked head-hunters. They lined their huts with skulls!

2006 Christianity Today Feb. 53 My forefathers were the most ferocious headhunters among the Naga tribes.

2. A person who recruits employees by headhunting (headhunting n. 2); (also) an agency offering recruitment of this kind.

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society > occupation and work > worker > employer > [noun] > one who seeks or recruits employees

scout1905

headhunter1918

bird dog1919

spotter1935

recruiter1970

1918 Farmer & Settler (Sydney) 1 Mar. 1/4 Mr. Hughes's proposals bring the whole business of recruiting down to the level of market bargaining. The recruiting officer is made a head-hunter.

1943 Hansard Commons (Electronic ed.) 23 Sept. 519 I want to beg him [sc. the Minister of Labour] not to be a ‘body-snatcher’ but to be a ‘headhunter’; I want him to hunt the heads that can utilise to the fullest extent the man-power and woman-power that he has already secured.

1946 Reviewing Stand (Northwestern Univ. on Air) 22 Sept. 4 There is..a vicious method of recruiting people known as the ‘head-hunter’ method.

1961 Fortune June 129/1 McCulloch had no compunction about using these executive recruiting firms. They were, he knew, often derisively called ‘body snatchers’, ‘head hunters’, ‘flesh peddlers’, and ‘pirates’.

1992 K. Ohmae Borderless World (new ed.) vii. 127 Who is going to run things in Japan? No problem, they tell me. We'll use headhunters.

2001 Mode Feb. 68/2 Lucy lives in London and stays crazily busy working as a high-powered headhunter.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	headhunter
释义	headhuntern. Brit. /ˈhɛdˌhʌntə/, U.S. /ˈhɛdˌ(h)ən(t)ər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, hunter n. Etymology: < head n.¹ + hunter n. 1. With reference to certain tribal societies: a person who decapitates an enemy and preserves the head as a trophy; a person who hunts or kills people for this purpose. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killer for specific reason or type of person > [noun] > to obtain (part of) body skull-hunter1706 headhunter1800 Burkite1830 burker1831 headshrinker1921 1800 Philos. Mag. Apr. 201 The fortunate head-hunter receives presents from all the company, who dance and afterwards partake of a repast. 1853 H. Keppel Visit to Indian Archipel. I. 141 A chief named Dungdong..had..adopted the Dyak costume, and become a notorious head-hunter. 1915 E. S. Curtis In Land of Head-hunters 5 In warfare they are head-hunters with small regard for life, and ceremonial cannibalism is not unknown. 1942 National Geographic Mag. June 765/1 Some [of the natives] were savage, naked head-hunters. They lined their huts with skulls! 2006 Christianity Today Feb. 53 My forefathers were the most ferocious headhunters among the Naga tribes. 2. A person who recruits employees by headhunting (headhunting n. 2); (also) an agency offering recruitment of this kind. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > employer > [noun] > one who seeks or recruits employees scout1905 headhunter1918 bird dog1919 spotter1935 recruiter1970 1918 Farmer & Settler (Sydney) 1 Mar. 1/4 Mr. Hughes's proposals bring the whole business of recruiting down to the level of market bargaining. The recruiting officer is made a head-hunter. 1943 Hansard Commons (Electronic ed.) 23 Sept. 519 I want to beg him [sc. the Minister of Labour] not to be a ‘body-snatcher’ but to be a ‘headhunter’; I want him to hunt the heads that can utilise to the fullest extent the man-power and woman-power that he has already secured. 1946 Reviewing Stand (Northwestern Univ. on Air) 22 Sept. 4 There is..a vicious method of recruiting people known as the ‘head-hunter’ method. 1961 Fortune June 129/1 McCulloch had no compunction about using these executive recruiting firms. They were, he knew, often derisively called ‘body snatchers’, ‘head hunters’, ‘flesh peddlers’, and ‘pirates’. 1992 K. Ohmae Borderless World (new ed.) vii. 127 Who is going to run things in Japan? No problem, they tell me. We'll use headhunters. 2001 Mode Feb. 68/2 Lucy lives in London and stays crazily busy working as a high-powered headhunter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1800
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