Meanings
falconer1
plural falconers
- A person who breeds or trains hawks or other birds of prey.
And to add force to his remonstrances, he conferred a cuff or two on the negligent attendant of the hawks, who, shouting rather louder than was necessary under all the circumstances, brought the master falconer to his assistance.
1820, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 83 - One who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.
Falconer2
alternative Falkner · alternative Faulkner · alternative Forkner
- A surname originating as an occupation.
- A village in the town of Ellicott, Chautauqua County, New York, United States.
- A locality in the Armidale council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchfalconer
- Middle Englishfauconer
- Englishfalconer
From Middle English fauconer, from Old French falconer, fauconer, from faucon (“falcon”).
More words from Middle English, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan falconer
- falconera person who breeds or trains hawks
Dutch valkenier
- valkeniera person who breeds or trains hawks
Finnish haukankasvattaja, haukkametsästäjä
- haukankasvattajaa person who breeds or trains hawks
- haukkametsästäjäa person who breeds or trains hawks
- haukkametsästyksen seuraajaone who follows the sport of fowling with hawks
French fauconnier
- fauconniera person who breeds or trains hawks
German Falkner, Falkner
- Falknera person who breeds or trains hawks
- Falknerone who follows the sport of fowling with hawks
Greek γερακάρης
- γερακάρης (gerakáris)a person who breeds or trains hawks
Hebrew בַּזְיָר
- בַּזְיָר (bazyár)a person who breeds or trains hawks
Hungarian solymász, solymár
- solymásza person who breeds or trains hawks
- solymára person who breeds or trains hawks
Italian falconiere, falconiere
- falconierea person who breeds or trains hawks
- falconiereone who follows the sport of fowling with hawks
Polish sokolnik
- sokolnika person who breeds or trains hawks
Portuguese falcoeiro
- falcoeiroa person who breeds or trains hawks
Romanian șoimar
- șoimara person who breeds or trains hawks
Russian соко́льник, соко́льничий
- соко́льник (sokólʹnik)a person who breeds or trains hawks
- соко́льничий (sokólʹničij)a person who breeds or trains hawks
Spanish halconero, halconera
- halconeroa person who breeds or trains hawks
- halconeraa person who breeds or trains hawks
- cetreroone who follows the sport of fowling with hawks
- cetreraone who follows the sport of fowling with hawks
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Cite this entry
falconer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/falconer
“falconer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/falconer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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