fawkner

English

Etymology

See falconer.

Noun

fawkner (plural fawkners)

1. (obsolete) A falconer.
   • a. 1631, John Donne, "Loves Diet"

     Now negligent of sports I lye,
     And now as other Fawkners use,
     I spring a mistresse, sweare, write, sigh and weepe:
     And the game kill'd, or lost, goe talk, and sleepe.

Middle English

Noun

fawkner

1. Alternative form of fauconer