huntsman

Other forms of huntsman

plural

huntsmans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about huntsman

What does huntsman mean?

huntsman means "someone who hunts game".

How many syllables are in huntsman?

huntsman has 2 syllables: hunt-sman. The stress falls on "hunt". In IPA it is /ˈhʌntsmən/.

What is another word for huntsman?

Close synonyms include hunter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is huntsman a common word?

huntsman is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.