Etymology

falconer

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Today it means: A person who breeds or trains hawks or other birds of prey. Full definition →

Middle English fauconer ← Old French falconer
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromfalconer
  2. Middle English · inherited fromfauconer
  3. English todayfalconer

From Middle English fauconer, from Old French falconer, fauconer, from faucon (“falcon”).

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