huntressn.

Brit.

/ˈhʌntrᵻs/,

/hʌnˈtrɛs/, U.S.

/ˈhəntrəs/

Etymology: < hunter n. + -ess suffix¹.

A female hunter.

a. A woman (or goddess) who hunts or engages in the chase.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > huntress

huntressc1405

forestress1513

huntswoman1621

sportswoman1754

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1489 And ther with al Diane gan appeere With bowe in honde right as an hunteresse.

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xviii. xxi A lady dwell'd in that forest, and she was a grete huntresse.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. v. sig. Gg4 In those same woods, ye well remember may, How that a noble hunteresse did wonne..Belphœbe was her name.

1703 N. Rowe Ulysses ii. i. 544 The Huntress Cynthia and her Train.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 37. ⁋2 Mrs. Alse Copswood, the Yorkshire Huntress.

1884 J. A. Symonds Shakspere's Predecessors x. §11. 405 His sweetheart..became Maid Marian, and dwelt a virgin huntress in his company.

b. transferred and figurative (of women and animals).

ΚΠ

1630 T. Dekker Second Pt. Honest Whore iii. i. 42 Y'are a good Huntresse, Lady, you ha found your Game already.

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 201 But, if the capricious Fly took wing, and pitch'd upon another place behind our Huntress, then would the Spider [etc.].

1894 E. Sullivan Woman 11 Every woman is, by nature and instinct, more or less a huntress of men.

2. A mare used or adapted for hunting.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > used in hunting

chasera1300

hunter1687

huntress1858

1858 A. Trollope Dr. Thorne I. iv. 82 Who..would think of going to work with one horse; or two either, if you insist on calling the old pony a huntress?

1885 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 30 Mar. 1270/1 Brown cob, pretty, quiet to ride or drive, good huntress.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as huntress fashion, huntress guise, huntress-maid, huntress-queen, huntress-wise; huntress-like adj.

ΚΠ

1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil Æneid (1584) xi. S ij b In Thracian huntres~wise.

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. vi. 119 A sylvan train the huntress Queen surrounds.

1788 I. Ritson Homer's Hymn Venus 7 Whether Latona, or the huntress-maid.

1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid i, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 86 See! from her shoulder slung in a huntress fashion the bow.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	huntress
释义	huntressn. Brit. /ˈhʌntrᵻs/, /hʌnˈtrɛs/, U.S. /ˈhəntrəs/ Etymology: < hunter n. + -ess suffix¹. A female hunter. 1. a. A woman (or goddess) who hunts or engages in the chase. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > huntress huntressc1405 forestress1513 huntswoman1621 sportswoman1754 c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1489 And ther with al Diane gan appeere With bowe in honde right as an hunteresse. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xviii. xxi A lady dwell'd in that forest, and she was a grete huntresse. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. v. sig. Gg4 In those same woods, ye well remember may, How that a noble hunteresse did wonne..Belphœbe was her name. 1703 N. Rowe Ulysses ii. i. 544 The Huntress Cynthia and her Train. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 37. ⁋2 Mrs. Alse Copswood, the Yorkshire Huntress. 1884 J. A. Symonds Shakspere's Predecessors x. §11. 405 His sweetheart..became Maid Marian, and dwelt a virgin huntress in his company. b. transferred and figurative (of women and animals). ΚΠ 1630 T. Dekker Second Pt. Honest Whore iii. i. 42 Y'are a good Huntresse, Lady, you ha found your Game already. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 201 But, if the capricious Fly took wing, and pitch'd upon another place behind our Huntress, then would the Spider [etc.]. 1894 E. Sullivan Woman 11 Every woman is, by nature and instinct, more or less a huntress of men. 2. A mare used or adapted for hunting. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > used in hunting chasera1300 hunter1687 huntress1858 1858 A. Trollope Dr. Thorne I. iv. 82 Who..would think of going to work with one horse; or two either, if you insist on calling the old pony a huntress? 1885 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 30 Mar. 1270/1 Brown cob, pretty, quiet to ride or drive, good huntress. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as huntress fashion, huntress guise, huntress-maid, huntress-queen, huntress-wise; huntress-like adj. ΚΠ 1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil Æneid (1584) xi. S ij b In Thracian huntres~wise. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. vi. 119 A sylvan train the huntress Queen surrounds. 1788 I. Ritson Homer's Hymn Venus 7 Whether Latona, or the huntress-maid. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid i, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 86 See! from her shoulder slung in a huntress fashion the bow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1405
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