headhunter

[ hed-huhn-ter ]
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noun
  1. a person who engages in headhunting.

  2. a personnel recruiter for a corporation or executive recruitment agency.

  1. an executive recruitment agency.

Origin of headhunter

1
First recorded in 1850–55; head + hunter

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How to use headhunter in a sentence

  • No need of explaining his absence; he was the head hunter of the expedition; it was his business to wander.

    Overland | John William De Forest
  • Peter Gross looked at him keenly, for Jahi was reputed to be the boldest raider and head-hunter in the hills.

    The Argus Pheasant | John Charles Beecham
  • And finally, crossing Makassar Straits, we come to Borneo, the habitat of the head-hunter and the orang-utan.

    Where the Strange Trails Go Down | E. Alexander Powell
  • Smith was to act as head hunter and guide and Thomson more particularly look after the cooking and camp generally.

  • Had Tom been a head hunter with tin cans in his ears, Nancy would have loved him at that moment.

    Tutors' Lane | Wilmarth Lewis