Definition of Headhunted

1. Verb. (past of headhunt) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Headhunted

1. headhunt [v] - See also: headhunt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Headhunted

headful
headfuls
headgate
headgates
headgear
headgears
headgroup
headgroups
headgut
headhair
headhairs
headhouse
headhouses
headhunt
headhunted (current term)
headhunter
headhunters
headhunting
headhuntings
headhunts
headier
headies
headiest
headily
headiness
headinesses
heading
headings
headish

Literary usage of Headhunted

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gems of the East: Sixteen Thousand Miles of Research Travel Among Wild by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1904)
"... THE PEOPLE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA — CROSSING THE CORDILLERA INTO BONTOC WARLIKE headhunted THE DWARFS OF BAYO ..."

2. Indonesia: Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok, Sulawesi by David E. Henley (2000)
"Krakatau was the site, in l883. of the largest volcanic eruption in recent his- Left: A Nias islander wearing a remarkable headhunted ring. tory. ..."

3. Changing the Fourth Estate: Essays on South African Journalism by Adrian Hadland (2006)
"They were headhunted by several organisations and were in a position to pick and choose. Political reporters had replaced finance reporters as a dying breed ..."

4. Etnografiia: lektsii, chitannyia v Imperatorskom moskovskom universitete by Vi︠e︡ra Nikolaevna Kharuzina, Aleksei Nikolaevich Kharuzin (1905)
"Windsor Earl, The Native Races of the Indian Archipelago. L. 1853. Woodford, С. M. A naturalist among the headhunted. 1890. ..."

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