huntsman

noun

1. A hunter.

   “The huntsman spoke Davey’s lingo.”

2. (UK)A fox hunter.
3. One who manages the hounds during a hunt.
4. Any of the many species of large spiders of the family Sparassidae.

   “Although they do not make webs, female huntsmans at least have not lost the ability to produce silk.”

   “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).”

   “to say trapdoors and huntsmans”

   “Two huntsmen spiders prowl Harry′s bedroom ceiling.”

   “After the huntsman raced across my windscreen, I had an arachnophobic meltdown on the side of the road.”

name

1. A surname.