falconer
See also: Falconer
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English fauconer, from Old French falconer, fauconer, from faucon (“falcon”).
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɒl.kən.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈfɔːk.nə(ɹ)/, and similar variations
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈfælkənɚ/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
editfalconer (plural falconers)
- A person who breeds or trains hawks or other birds of prey for taking birds or game.
- 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 83:
- And to add force to his remonstrances, he conferred a cuff or two on the negligent attendant of the hawks, who, shouting rather louder than was necessary under all the circumstances, brought the master falconer to his assistance.
- One who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.
Synonyms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
edita person who breeds or trains hawks
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one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks
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References
edit- “falconer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editOld French
editAlternative forms
edit- fauconer (Anglo-Norman)
- fauconier
- fauconnier
Etymology
editNoun
editfalconer oblique singular, m (oblique plural falconers, nominative singular falconers, nominative plural falconer)
- (Anglo-Norman) falconer (person who breeds or trains hawks)
Descendants
edit- → English: falconer
- French: fauconnier
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