"headhunter" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-headhunter.ogg Forms: headhunters [plural]
Etymology: From head + hunter. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|head|hunter}} head + hunter Head templates: {{en-noun}} headhunter (plural headhunters)
  1. (anthropology) A person who practises headhunting, the taking and preserving of a person's head after killing them. Categories (topical): Anthropology, Occupations Translations (practitioner of headhunting): kopjagter (Afrikaans), pääkallonmetsästäjä (Finnish), chasseur de têtes [masculine] (French), Kopfjäger [masculine] (German), κρανιοθήρας (kraniothíras) [masculine] (Greek), κυνηγός κεφαλών (kynigós kefalón) [masculine] (Greek), fejvadász (Hungarian), cacciare teste [masculine] (Italian), caçador de cabeças [masculine] (Portuguese), vânător de capete [masculine] (Romanian), охо́тник за голова́ми (oxótnik za golovámi) [masculine] (Russian), huvudjägare [common-gender] (Swedish), mamumugot (Tagalog), kelle avcısı (Turkish)
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  2. One who recruits senior personnel for a company. Categories (topical): People Translations (recruiter): roofwerwer (Afrikaans), kykyjenmetsästäjä (Finnish), chasseur de têtes [masculine] (French), რეკრუტერი (reḳruṭeri) (Georgian), რეკრუიტერი (reḳruiṭeri) (Georgian), კადრების აყვანის აგენტი (ḳadrebis aq̇vanis agenṭi) (Georgian), კადრების შემრჩევი (ḳadrebis šemrčevi) (Georgian), Headhunter [masculine] (German), κυνηγός κεφαλών (kynigós kefalón) [masculine] (Greek), fejvadász (Hungarian), łowca głów [masculine] (Polish), caçador de talentos [masculine] (Portuguese), recrutador [masculine] (Portuguese), recruiter [masculine] (Romanian), recrutor [masculine] (Romanian), охо́тник за голова́ми (oxótnik za golovámi) [masculine] (Russian), охо́тник за ума́ми (oxótnik za umámi) [masculine] (Russian), huvudjägare [common-gender] (Swedish), personel avcısı (Turkish)
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  3. (baseball) A pitcher who throws at the batter's head. Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-headhunter-en-noun-S-nw9Gvj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 23 26 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 28 23 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 29 21 21 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  4. (ice hockey) A player who uses a hockey stick to attempt to strike an opponent's head. Categories (topical): Ice hockey
    Sense id: en-headhunter-en-noun-Op8oXrD- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 23 26 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 28 23 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 29 21 21 Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: head hunter Related terms: headhunt, headhunted, headhunting

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
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      "sense": "practitioner of headhunting",
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      "word": "caçador de cabeças"
    },
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      "sense": "practitioner of headhunting",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vânător de capete"
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      "roman": "oxótnik za golovámi",
      "sense": "practitioner of headhunting",
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      "word": "охо́тник за голова́ми"
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      "sense": "practitioner of headhunting",
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      "sense": "practitioner of headhunting",
      "word": "mamumugot"
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      "sense": "practitioner of headhunting",
      "word": "kelle avcısı"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "recruiter",
      "word": "roofwerwer"
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      "sense": "recruiter",
      "word": "kykyjenmetsästäjä"
    },
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      "sense": "recruiter",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "chasseur de têtes"
    },
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      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "reḳruṭeri",
      "sense": "recruiter",
      "word": "რეკრუტერი"
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      "sense": "recruiter",
      "word": "რეკრუიტერი"
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      "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",
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      "word": "Headhunter"
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    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "kynigós kefalón",
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      "word": "κυνηγός κεφαλών"
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      "sense": "recruiter",
      "word": "fejvadász"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "recruiter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "łowca głów"
    },
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      "word": "caçador de talentos"
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      "word": "recrutor"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oxótnik za umámi",
      "sense": "recruiter",
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      ],
      "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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      "sense": "recruiter",
      "word": "personel avcısı"
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}

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