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huntress

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Middle English hunteras

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huntress · noun¹

Middle English · inherited fromhunteras
English todayhuntress

A variant of hunteress, from Middle English hunteras, hunteres, hunteresse, equivalent to hunter + -ess, possibly on the model of the likes of mistress.

Huntress · proper noun²

Feminine form of Hunter.

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