See headhunter on Wiktionary
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"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "practitioner of headhunting",
"word": "kopjagter"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "practitioner of headhunting",
"word": "pääkallonmetsästäjä"
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"sense": "practitioner of headhunting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chasseur de têtes"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "practitioner of headhunting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kopfjäger"
},
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "practitioner of headhunting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κρανιοθήρας"
},
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "practitioner of headhunting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "κυνηγός κεφαλών"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "practitioner of headhunting",
"word": "fejvadász"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "practitioner of headhunting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cacciare teste"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "practitioner of headhunting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caçador de cabeças"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "practitioner of headhunting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vânător de capete"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oxótnik za golovámi",
"sense": "practitioner of headhunting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "охо́тник за голова́ми"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "practitioner of headhunting",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "huvudjägare"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "practitioner of headhunting",
"word": "mamumugot"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "practitioner of headhunting",
"word": "kelle avcısı"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "recruiter",
"word": "roofwerwer"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "recruiter",
"word": "kykyjenmetsästäjä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "recruiter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "chasseur de têtes"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "reḳruṭeri",
"sense": "recruiter",
"word": "რეკრუტერი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "reḳruiṭeri",
"sense": "recruiter",
"word": "რეკრუიტერი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳadrebis aq̇vanis agenṭi",
"sense": "recruiter",
"word": "კადრების აყვანის აგენტი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳadrebis šemrčevi",
"sense": "recruiter",
"word": "კადრების შემრჩევი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "recruiter",
"tags": [
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"word": "Headhunter"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kynigós kefalón",
"sense": "recruiter",
"tags": [
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"code": "hu",
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"word": "łowca głów"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "recruiter",
"tags": [
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"word": "caçador de talentos"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "recruiter",
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "recruiter",
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"masculine"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "recruiter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "охо́тник за голова́ми"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oxótnik za umámi",
"sense": "recruiter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "охо́тник за ума́ми"
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "recruiter",
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"word": "huvudjägare"
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"code": "tr",
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],
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}
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