"huntress" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhʌntɹɪs/ Forms: huntresses [plural]
Etymology: A variant of hunteress, from Middle English hunteras, hunteres, hunteresse, equivalent to hunter + -ess, possibly on the model of the likes of mistress. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hunteras}} Middle English hunteras, {{suffix|en|hunter|ess<id:female>}} hunter + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} huntress (plural huntresses)
  1. (literary) A female hunter. Wikipedia link: huntress Tags: literary Categories (topical): People Synonyms: hunteress [obsolete] Related terms: hunt, Hunter, hunter, hunting, Huntress, huntsman, Huntsman Translations (female who hunts): θηράτειρα (thēráteira) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), κυνηγίς (kunēgís) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), صَيَّادَة (ṣayyāda) [feminine] (Arabic), صَائِدَة (ṣāʔida) [feminine] (Arabic), caçadora [feminine] (Catalan), lovkyně [feminine] (Czech), jageres [feminine] (Dutch), metsästäjätär (Finnish), chasseresse [feminine] (French), chasseuse [feminine] (French), Jägerin [feminine] (German), bansealgaire [masculine] (Irish), cacciatrice [feminine] (Italian), vēnātrix [feminine] (Latin), medniece [feminine] (Latvian), വേട്ടക്കാരി (vēṭṭakkāri) (Malayalam), myśliwa [feminine] (Polish), łowczyni [feminine] (Polish), caçadora (Portuguese), охо́тница (oxótnica) [feminine] (Russian), cazadora [feminine] (Spanish), వేటగత్తె (vēṭagatte) (Telugu)

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