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 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.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Headhunter is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
Example sentences
When a headhunter contacted her about the job, she considered it an opportunity to try her hand at something new.
There are some things a headhunter does not want to hear.
Headhunter's insights and techniques for job hunters at all levels.
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