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FALCONER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does falconer mean?
• FALCONER (noun)
The noun FALCONER has 1 sense:
1. a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
Familiarity information: FALCONER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
falconer; hawker
Hypernyms ("falconer" is a kind of...):
hunter; huntsman (someone who hunts game)
Derivation:
falcon (hunt with falcons)
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