Definition of Huntresses

1. Noun. (plural of huntress) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Huntresses

1. huntress [n] - See also: huntress

Lexicographical Neighbors of Huntresses

hunting pinks
hunting reaction
hunting season
hunting spider
hunting watch
hunting whip
hunting whips
huntings
huntingtin
huntingtins
huntington's disease
huntite
huntmaster
huntmasters
huntress
huntresses (current term)
hunts
hunts and pecks
huntsman
huntsman's cup
huntsman's cups
huntsman's horn
huntsman's horns
huntsman spider
huntsman spiders
huntsmans
huntsmanship
huntsmen
huntspeople
huntsperson

Literary usage of Huntresses

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

1. The Book-hunter in Paris: Studies Among the Bookstalls and the Quays by Octave Uzanne (1893)
"... BOOK-HUNTERS AND BOOK-huntresses. CHARACTERS AND FACES. ET us begin with ' The chase is the image of war,' which is one of those phrases that many ..."

2. Natural History, Lore and Legend: Being Some Few Examples of Quaint and By by Frederick Edward Hulme (1895)
"... elephant—Kindliness to lost travellers—Ethiopian huntresses—Difference between the creations of Fancy and of Nature—Elephants cold-blooded —Hippopotamus ..."

3. Frederick the Great and His Family: An Historical Novel by Luise Mühlbach (1869)
"For the hunters and huntresses targets were placed upon the trees ; all kinds of fire-arms and cross-bows and arrows lay near them. ..."

4. Our Poets of Today by Howard Willard Cook (1918)
"Coming to thy call What huntresses are these? What hallowed chase ? ... Those huntresses, they are my hallowed desires— My unquenched selves with ..."

5. Poems and Plays by Percy MacKaye (1916)
"Coming to thy call What huntresses are these ? What hallowed chase? ... Those huntresses, they are my hallowed desires — My unquenched selves with ..."

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