Meanings
huntress1
plural huntresses · alternative obsolete hunteress
- literaryA female hunter.
In those same woods ye well remember may / How that a noble hunteress did wonne [...].
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC2 more examples
Ashol-Pan, the daughter of a particularly celebrated hunter, may well be the country's only apprentice huntress.
2014, William Kremer, “A 13-year-old eagle huntress in Mongolia”, in BBC World ServiceGrief and fear cannot rule you; let them be your faithful servants, protective of their mistress. Loss serves a huntress like fuel serves fire.
2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Reminder
Huntress2
Origin
huntress · noun
- Middle Englishhunteras
- Englishhuntress
A variant of hunteress, from Middle English hunteras, hunteres, hunteresse, equivalent to hunter + -ess, possibly on the model of the likes of mistress.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek θηράτειρα, κυνηγίς
- θηράτειρα (thēráteira)female who hunts
- κυνηγίς (kunēgís)female who hunts
Arabic صَيَّادَة, صَائِدَة
- صَيَّادَة (ṣayyāda)female who hunts
- صَائِدَة (ṣāʔida)female who hunts
Catalan caçadora
- caçadorafemale who hunts
Czech lovkyně
- lovkyněfemale who hunts
Dutch jageres
- jageresfemale who hunts
Finnish metsästäjätär
- metsästäjätärfemale who hunts
French chasseresse, chasseuse
- chasseressefemale who hunts
- chasseusefemale who hunts
German Jägerin
- Jägerinfemale who hunts
Irish bansealgaire
- bansealgairefemale who hunts
Italian cacciatrice
- cacciatricefemale who hunts
Latin vēnātrix
- vēnātrixfemale who hunts
Latvian medniece
- medniecefemale who hunts
Polish myśliwa, łowczyni
- myśliwafemale who hunts
- łowczynifemale who hunts
Portuguese caçadora
- caçadorafemale who hunts
Russian охо́тница
- охо́тница (oxótnica)female who hunts
Spanish cazadora
- cazadorafemale who hunts
Cite this entry
huntress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/huntress
“huntress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/huntress. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “huntress,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/huntress.
Source: huntress on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.