headhunter
[ hed-huhn-ter ]
noun
a person who engages in headhunting.
a personnel recruiter for a corporation or executive recruitment agency.
an executive recruitment agency.
Origin of headhunter
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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 WallaceSecretly, for this weapon against the hungry headhunters, the department was infinitely grateful.
The Consul | Richard Harding Davis
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