Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The art or practice of hunting, or the qualifications of a huntsman.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter.

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  • noun The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter.

Etymologies

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huntsman +‎ -ship

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Examples

  • Horse training and huntsmanship care for animate but non-human beings.

    Episteme and Techne Parry, Richard 2007

  • VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Cheney mishap takes focus off CIA leak'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = '"It wasn\'t good huntsmanship, but it wasn\'t anything of national importance," said Charles Franklin, a University of Wisconsin political science professor.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Cheney mishap takes focus off CIA leak 2006

  • 'It wasn't good huntsmanship, but it wasn't anything of national importance,' said Charles Franklin, a University of Wisconsin political science professor.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Cheney mishap takes focus off CIA leak 2006

  • A huntsman took the third brother into training, and gave him such excellent instruction in everything which related to huntsmanship, that he became an experienced hunter.

    Household Tales 2003

  • They learnt huntsmanship from him, and the piece of gold which each of them found when he awoke, was kept for them by him in case they should need it in the future.

    Household Tales 2003

  • Thinking such worrying thoughts of poor huntsmanship and its consequences, Ada made troubled progress up the slope.

    Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003

  • Thinking such worrying thoughts of poor huntsmanship and its consequences, Ada made troubled progress up the slope.

    Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997

  • The name of Daniel Boone became synonymous with expert huntsmanship and almost uncanny wisdom in forest lore.

    The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790 Archibald Henderson 1920

  • We now have a description of the sunrise, of the preparations for the chase, of the queen's dazzling appearance, and of the daring huntsmanship of the false Iulus.

    The Book of the Epic 1894

  • The youth said he was a locksmith's apprentice, but that the trade no longer pleased him, and he had a liking for huntsmanship, would he teach it to him?

    Household Tales by Brothers Grimm Jacob Grimm 1824

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