- a person who breeds and trains falcons
- a person who hunts with falcons
Origin of falconer
Middle English from Old French fauconnierfalconer
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falconer
noun
- One that breeds and trains falcons.
- One that hunts with falcons.
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Noun
(plural falconers)
Origin
From Old French faulconnier, fauconnier, from faulcon (“falcon”).
Proper noun
- A surname.
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- Falconer (1805); Cynegeticus [W.
- Of these Dr Falconer gave the prevailing " ridge-formula "(or number of complete ridges in each tooth) as 4, 8, 12, 12, 16, 24, as in E.
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