falconer
falconer
Definition
fal·coner (---ər)
noun
- a person who breeds and trains falcons
- a person who hunts with falcons
Etymology: ME < OFr fauconnier
falconer
Usage Examples
Possessives
- knot: How many hawks undo the two falconers ' knots and make for the trees with all dangling behind them?
- glove: Originally it was supposed to be a falconer's glove.
Converse of object
- meet: Both experiences start with a cup of tea or coffee and meeting the falconers.
- use: Although falconers used to prize such birds, haggard and hag are definitely derogatory when applied to humans.
- become: Soon nearly everyone from the baker to the king became falconers.
- see: In the mornings, you will often see the resident falconer with a hawk or an owl on his arm.
- have: Cavalry Primary School Did they have falconers to help them hunt birds and animals?
Adjective modifier
- experienced: The Sparrowhawk is, without doubt, an experienced falconer 's prospect.
- most: The traveling box: most falconers use a traveling box only infrequently.
- many: Rabbit & pigeon: many falconers feed ferreted, rifle or shotgun shot rabbits or pigeon.
- professional: This would be impossible to achieve with wild birds so we engage a professional falconer with whom we have worked over many years.
- good: Without a doubt not all falconers make good teachers and not all teachers are good falconers.
- old: Today, trapping is known only to a few older British falconers.
Modifies a noun
- knot: See how falconers pick up birds, tie the falconers knot and fly birds to the fist.
- bird: The escaped falconers bird which has been seen at various locations around the Islands since December 2005 is still present.
Noun used with modifier
Browse dictionary entries near falconer
- falcon-gentle
- falcon
- falciform
- falchion
- falcate
- Falasha
- Falangist
- Falange
- falafel
- fal-lal
- falconet
- falconry
- falderal
- faldstool
- Falk Is
- Falkirk
- Falkland Islands
- fall
- fall apart
- fall asleep
