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head-hunter

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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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headhunter

  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.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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