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bowhuntress

noun

Etymology

From bow + huntress, on model of bowhunter.

  1. inherited from hunteras
  2. compounded as bowhuntress — “bow + huntress”

Definitions

  1. A female bowhunter.

    • Mrs. Florence Pace, Cornell bowhuntress, found a way to beat the current meat shortage.
    • One doesn’t read too many stories in the magazine written by these gals that hunt with the bow, but these bowhuntresses must have some interesting tales that would make good reading material.
    • They [the prizes] are: […] 4, for first bowhuntress to bring deer to Kaibab Lodge desk clerk, a dozen Blackhawk arrows.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA