falconer

See also: Falconer

English

Etymology

From Middle English fauconer, from Old French falconer, fauconer, from faucon (“falcon”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɒl.kən.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈfɔːk.nə(ɹ)/, and similar variations
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈfælkənɚ/

Noun

falconer (plural falconers)

  1. A person who breeds or trains hawks or other birds of prey for taking birds or game.
  2. One who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.

Synonyms

Translations
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References
  • falconer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

falcon +‎ -er.

Noun

falconer m (oblique plural falconers, nominative singular falconers, nominative plural falconer)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) falconer (person who breeds or trains hawks)

Descendants
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