huntsmanship

English

Etymology

huntsman +‎ -ship

Noun

huntsmanship (uncountable)

  1. The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter.
    • a. 1631 (date written)​, J[ohn] Donne, “(please specify the title)”, in Poems, […] with Elegies on the Authors Death, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Iohn Marriot, […], published 1633, →OCLC:
      At Court your fellowes every day,
      Give th'art of Riming, Huntsmanship, or Play,

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for huntsmanship in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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