huntsman

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Thereafter the huntsman was always careful to throw off the hounds when he suspected that they were on the trail of the black fox.

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  1. noun A man who hunts.
  2. noun A man who manages the hounds in the hunting field.

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  1. from hunt's, possessive of hunt, n., + man.
 

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/ˈhəntsmən/
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