head-hunter

head·hunt·er

[hed-huhn-ter]
noun
1.
a person who engages in headhunting.
2.
a personnel recruiter for a corporation or executive recruitment agency.
3.
an executive recruitment agency.

Origin:
1850–55; head + hunter

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head-hunting
 
n
1.  the practice among certain peoples of removing the heads of slain enemies and preserving them as trophies
2.  the recruitment, esp through an agency, of executives from one company to another, often rival, company
3.  slang (US) the destruction or neutralization of political opponents
 
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headhunter definition


  1. n.
    someone who recruits executives for employment. (Head means boss here.) : The board of directors hired a headhunter to get a new manager.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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