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Trapper vs Huntsman - What's the difference?

trapper | huntsman |

As a noun trapper

is one who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals for their furs.

As a proper noun huntsman is

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trapper

English

(Animal trapping)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals for their furs.
  • A boy who opens and shuts a trapdoor in a gallery or level.
  • Ornamental covering for a horse. See trapping/caparison.

    • huntsman

    English

    (wikipedia huntsman) (Sparassidae)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A hunter.
  • (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 , 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 , 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 , , 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.

    Usage notes

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

    External links

    * (Hunting) * (Huntsman spider)

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