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

  • They were headhunters like the Dyaks of Borneo, and were said to be sometimes cannibals.

    The Malay Archipelago | Alfred Russell Wallace
  • Secretly, for this weapon against the hungry headhunters, the department was infinitely grateful.

    The Consul | Richard Harding Davis