huntsman

See also: Huntsman

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Sparassidae

Etymology tree

English hunt

English -s-

Proto-Indo-European *mon-

Proto-Germanic *mann-

Proto-West Germanic *mann

Old English mann

Middle English man

Middle English -man

English -man

English huntsman

From hunt + -s- + -man.

huntsman (plural huntsmen or huntsmans) (see usage notes)

A hunter.
- 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 77:
  The huntsman spoke Davey’s lingo.
(UK) A fox hunter.
One who manages the hounds during a hunt.
Any of the many species of large spiders of the family Sparassidae.
- 1985, Living Australia, Dangerous Australians: The Complete Guide to Australia's Most Deadly Creatures‎^[1], page 111:
  Although they do not make webs, female huntsmans at least have not lost the ability to produce silk.
- 1995, Anne Kerle, Ayers Rock, the Olgas & Kings Canyon, Northern Territory‎^[2], page 129:
  The majority of desert-dwelling spiders are large burrowing spiders; the Barking Spiders Selenoeosmia stirlingi, mouse spiders, wolf spiders (Fig. 5.47), huntsmen and trapdoor spiders (Fig. 5.48).
- 2002, John Kinsella, “The Wasps”, in Divinations: Four Plays:
  to say trapdoors and huntsmans
- 2012, Carrie Tiffany, Mateship with Birds, Pan Macmillan Australia, unnumbered page:
  Two huntsmen spiders prowl Harry′s bedroom ceiling.
- 2025 January 27, Alexandra Carlton, “The kindness of strangers: I pulled over in hysterics – then a passing driver saved me from the spider”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[3], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 January 2025:
  After the huntsman raced across my windscreen, I had an arachnophobic meltdown on the side of the road.

The plural form huntsmans applies only in the sense of spider, and huntsmen is probably more common.