Head hunter

/ˈhɛdˌhʌntɚ/ · noun

Meaning

(anthropology) A person who practises headhunting, the taking and preserving of a person's head after killing them..

Definitions by Sense

1. (anthropology) A person who practises headhunting, the taking and preserving of a person's head after killing them.
2. (business) One who recruits skilled personnel, especially executive-level ones, for a company.
3. (baseball) A pitcher who throws at the batter's head.
4. (ice hockey) A player who uses a hockey stick to attempt to strike an opponent's head.

Example Sentences

We were accommodated here in the verandah of the large house, in which were several great baskets of dried human heads, the trophies of past generations of head-hunters.

Theirs was the spirit which upheld Darwin among the gauchos of the Argentine or Wallace among the head-hunters of Malaya.

Near-synonyms: recruiter, talent scout

A headhunter called me out of the blue with an offer I couldn't refuse.

Thankfully, there aren't many headhunters in the modern game.

He is known as a goon and a headhunter.

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• headhunters
• head hunter

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