headhunter

See also: Headhunter, head-hunter, and head hunter

English

Alternative forms

• head hunter

Etymology

From head +‎ hunter.

Pronunciation

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Noun

headhunter (plural headhunters)

1. (anthropology) A person who practises headhunting, the taking and preserving of a person's head after killing them.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     Theirs was the spirit which upheld Darwin among the gauchos of the Argentine or Wallace among the head-hunters of Malaya.

2. One who recruits senior personnel for a company.

   She was the best headhunter they had ever seen.

3. (baseball) A pitcher who throws at the batter's head.

   Thankfully, there aren't many headhunters in the modern game.

4. (ice hockey) A player who uses a hockey stick to attempt to strike an opponent's head.

   He is known as a goon and a headhunter.

Related terms

• headhunt
• headhunted
• headhunting

Descendants

• → German: Headhunter m

Translations

practitioner of headhunting

• Afrikaans: kopjagter
• Finnish: pääkallonmetsästäjä
• French: chasseur de têtes (fr) m
• German: Kopfjäger m
• Greek: κρανιοθήρας m (kraniothíras), κυνηγός κεφαλών m (kynigós kefalón)
• Hungarian: fejvadász (hu)
• Italian: cacciare teste m
• Portuguese: caçador de cabeças m
• Romanian: vânător de capete m
• Russian: охо́тник за голова́ми m (oxótnik za golovámi)
• Swedish: huvudjägare c
• Tagalog: mamumugot
• Turkish: kelle avcısı

recruiter

• Afrikaans: roofwerwer
• Finnish: kykyjenmetsästäjä (fi)
• French: chasseur de têtes (fr) m
• Georgian: რეკრუტერი (reḳruṭeri), რეკრუიტერი (reḳruiṭeri), კადრების აყვანის აგენტი (ḳadrebis aq̇vanis agenṭi), კადრების შემრჩევი (ḳadrebis šemrčevi)
• German: Headhunter (de) m
• Greek: κυνηγός κεφαλών m (kynigós kefalón)
• Hungarian: fejvadász (hu)
• Polish: łowca głów (pl) m
• Portuguese: caçador de talentos m, recrutador (pt) m
• Romanian: recruiter m, recrutor (ro) m
• Russian: охо́тник за голова́ми m (oxótnik za golovámi), охо́тник за ума́ми m (oxótnik za umámi)
• Swedish: huvudjägare c
• Turkish: personel avcısı