falconer
a person who hunts with falcons or follows the sport of hawking.
a person who trains hawks for hunting.
Origin of falconer
1Other words from falconer
- un·der·fal·con·er, noun
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How to use falconer in a sentence
Part of being a falconer is trapping juvenile birds, up to 90 percent of which won’t make it through their first winter in the wild, Stotts said.
From running in D.C.’s streets to soaring over them with his birds of prey | John Kelly | March 17, 2021 | Washington PostFrancis falconer, who died at Petersfield about 1874, drove the day “Rocket” all the time it ran.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperSo we parted hence and went home with Mr. falconer, who did give us cherrys and good wine.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel Pepysfalconer, having prepared the greater part of the work for the press, died in 1792.
Dr Hugh falconer with the assistance of a committee of geologists excavated it.
A compatriot of his, Edmund falconer, like himself an actor as well as an author, had opened the way for him.
The English Stage | Augustin Filon
British Dictionary definitions for falconer
/ (ˈfɔːlkənə, ˈfɔːkə-) /
a person who breeds or trains hawks or who follows the sport of falconry
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