falconer

See also: Falconer

English

Etymology

From Old French falconer, fauconer, from faucon (“falcon”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɒl.kən.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈfɔːk.nə(ɹ)/, and similar variations
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈfælkənɚ/

Noun

falconer (plural falconers)

A person who breeds or trains hawks or other birds of prey for taking birds or game.
One who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.

Synonyms

hawker

Related terms

falconry

Translations

a person who breeds or trains hawks

Catalan: falconer m
Dutch: valkenier (nl) m
French: fauconnier (fr) m
Georgian: ბაზიერი (bazieri)
German: Falkner (de) m
Greek: γερακάρης (el) m (gerakáris)
Hungarian: solymász (hu), solymár
Italian: falconiere m

Kazakh: құсбегі (qusbegi)
Macedonian: соколар m (sokolár)
Manx: shawkeyr m
Polish: sokolnik (pl) m
Portuguese: falcoeiro (pt) m
Romanian: șoimar (ro) m
Russian: соко́льник (ru) m (sokólʹnik), соко́льничий (ru) m (sokólʹničij)
Spanish: halconero (es) m, halconera f

one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks

German: Falkner (de) m
Italian: falconiere m

Macedonian: соколар m (sokolár)
Spanish: cetrero (es) m, cetrera f

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Translations to be checked

Italian: ^{(please verify)} falconiere m

References

falconer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Florance

Old French

Alternative forms

fauconer (Anglo-Norman)
fauconier
fauconnier

Etymology

falcon +‎ -er.

Noun

falconer m (oblique plural falconers, nominative singular falconers, nominative plural falconer)

(Anglo-Norman) falconer (person who breeds or trains hawks)

Descendants

English: falconer (borrowed)
French: fauconnier

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